Our first morning on Jahan and Mekong Delta commenced with a longboat excursion amongst fascinating floating markets. There was considerable excitement and energy at these markets leading up to Chinese New Year. We continued to an authentic home workshop at Phu An and learned how they made rice paper, pop rice, coconut candy and even home brew rice whiskey.
After lunch we again set off on longboats through narrow channels of the delta to a small island of Binh Thanh and witnessed daily life in this small community and even met and chatted with some of the locals. Tom O’Brien, our expedition leader, took advantage of the local hairdresser for a cut and shave for only $1.
