The Mekong delta was my first package tour. It wasn't actually that bad but you don't interact with the locals at all. You constantly do stuff but it's all touristy as.
First we went by bus from Saigon. It's 70 kms in case you didn't know but you will by the end of the trip as the guide says it like a dozen times.
You then get a boat cruise down the river which is brown as hell and full of flotsam.
Next you visit the coconut candy shop - very nice! Here they melt coconut which sugar to make this toffee like stuff that is sickly but addictive. "take me to the candy shop" song has now been stuck in our heads for days!
The 'bee farm' follows. All 20 bees of it. You sample the honey, probably drink a years worth of their effort mixed with rice wine and then are loaded back on a boat.
The free lunch was pork with rice and spring rolls and some potato salad affair followed by a visit to the fruit farm.
Here you sampled all sorts of fruit (custard apple (yuk), pineapple (yum), watermelon (yum), dragon fruit (so so), jack fruit (so so), others i don't know the name of. While you're eating your meal is accompanied by music played by the locals (wasn't great to put it nicely).
You then get a paddle boat ride up one of the tributaries and back to the boat.
All together it was pretty cool but we only took 6 pics if that says anything? It was good but in a weird, kept you busy, kind of way.
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