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Part of the Mekong river somewhere in Can Tho - Ho Chi Minh City
Part of the Mekong river somewhere in Can Tho
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Mekong: The Mekong Delta
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  • Updated By keeweechic on August 24, 2003
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  • Mekong - Ho Chi Minh City
    by keeweechic
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    Mekong Delta (Song Cuu Long, River of Nine Dragons) is the 'rice bowl' of the South. The urban sprawl ends abruptly and the Mekong begins. This is the most wealthy area of the country. The South is well fed by the cultivation of the Mekong Delta. The Mekong river, which originates from Tibetan plateau flowing 4,500 km to Vietnam and to the sea with 9 different branches (nine dragons).

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    Mekong: My Tho
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  • Mekong - Ho Chi Minh City
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    My Tho is a Mekong delta town famous for its fruit orchards. It is some 70 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City. Until into the 17th century, My Tho was a town of the Khmer (Cambodians). There is a Cao Dai temple there. If you do a tour to the Mekong Delta, you will go through My Tho. I think it's pronounced 'Me Tho'. You pass through some wonderful countryside down in this region.

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    Mekong: Tropical Fruit
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  • Updated By keeweechic on June 25, 2004
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  • Mekong - Ho Chi Minh City
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    The Mekong Delta is the main producer of tropical fruit for the country and at one of the fruit orchards we stopped at there was a plentiful array of all kinds of fruit for us to sample. Just the thing on a hot day. Location : Thoi Son (Phung Islands), Mekong Delta.

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    Mekong: Thoi Son (Phung Islands)
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  • Updated By keeweechic on June 25, 2004
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  • Mekong - Ho Chi Minh City
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    Thoi Son (Phung Islands) the tropical fruit island - lunch at Trung Luong restaurant for Fried Elephant-eared fish. I can tell you that I wasn't too keen on riding in this little boat (not fussed being that close to the water) and I positioned myself in the middle with both my feet bracing either side of the boat with strict instructions to the others not to move and rock the boat..:-)

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    Mekong: Traders on the Mekong
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  • Updated By keeweechic on June 25, 2003
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    These were traders on the Mekong River. There are still floating markets around on the river. Cruising down by boat gives you an insight into the local ritual of daily trading. .

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    Mekong: Elephant Ear Fish
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    This island was well known for fried Elephant Ear Fish - Delicious! This is very much a local delicacy although it originated from Indonesia. Fish farms in the area breed the fish. Location : Thoi Son (Phung Islands) Mekong Delta

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    Mekong: Mekong Delta 2 Day tours
  • By December_starlet on January 10, 2006
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  • The river of life - Ho Chi Minh City
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    Mekong: mekong Delta-part 2
  • By December_starlet on January 10, 2006
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    Mekong: Horse Cart Ride to Quoi Son
  • By Aidy_p on April 28, 2007
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  • Heading Into Town - Ho Chi Minh City
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    As part of the tour, we were taken on a horse cart ride through town. The most interesting thing about this ride was that we got to see in a glimpse how people lived in this small town. There was even a school that we went past, and the students who were hanging around outside were waving and saying "Hello". I waved back and had even wanted to stand up until my wife told me not to rock the cart. Oh boy.

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    Mekong: A Gentle Jungle
  • Updated By NedHopkins on February 17, 2006
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  • Aboard a 'cruise canoe' in the Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh City
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    Compared with those in South America, the jungle in and around the Mekong Delta is not forbidding. Much has been cut away; people live in and near what remains, on all the larger islands and some of the smaller ones as well. It's like, on a smaller scale, the jungle that lies between the many branches of the Amazon before, at, and after Belem. The most visited islands are dotted with souvenir shops and stands offering Coca Cola, Lays potato chips, and Viet snacks.

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