Wednesday, February 20th
6:00am: rise to alarm, stumble down 5 floors spiral stairs not because the hotel lacks an elevator, but because it's decendance is in pace with the awakening of the brain and the re-enterreing of the soul into the body. The body craves the morning jolt of our ca phe sua da(Vietnamese coffee), so Thien wakes the overnight staff, our coffee is freshly dripped and we wait for our morning bowl of hieu tiu, probably the next best thing to a really good bowl of pho at Pho 24 or a savory breakfast of bun bo hue at Mon Hue.
7:30am: We rush to the speed boat doc and load into a 25 seater ride, and off to Can Tho we go!
11:00am Upon arrival we reflect upon our 3 1/2 hour zip up the Mekong and through many of its tributaries. The landscape drastically changes as the city, and its surrounding mega-shipping industries, are trailed behind and transcend into a rural tone as we pass by less sophisticated boats hauling dirt, gravel, clay tiles.... all signs of the incredible pace of growth this country is in the midst of. We are witnessing history in the making.
Can Tho surprises us with its size and metropolitan vibe. We find ourselves walking lazily in a humid 22 deg. c . late morning to our Hotel Saigon Can Tho (on which we will comment later), just a few blocks away. Signs of tents and stands indicate some sort of festival about take place. We learn from the signage that it is the day before the Mekong-Can Tho Festival. We look forward to seeing the festival develop during our short stay.
6:00am: rise to alarm, stumble down 5 floors spiral stairs not because the hotel lacks an elevator, but because it's decendance is in pace with the awakening of the brain and the re-enterreing of the soul into the body. The body craves the morning jolt of our ca phe sua da(Vietnamese coffee), so Thien wakes the overnight staff, our coffee is freshly dripped and we wait for our morning bowl of hieu tiu, probably the next best thing to a really good bowl of pho at Pho 24 or a savory breakfast of bun bo hue at Mon Hue.
7:30am: We rush to the speed boat doc and load into a 25 seater ride, and off to Can Tho we go!
11:00am Upon arrival we reflect upon our 3 1/2 hour zip up the Mekong and through many of its tributaries. The landscape drastically changes as the city, and its surrounding mega-shipping industries, are trailed behind and transcend into a rural tone as we pass by less sophisticated boats hauling dirt, gravel, clay tiles.... all signs of the incredible pace of growth this country is in the midst of. We are witnessing history in the making.
Can Tho surprises us with its size and metropolitan vibe. We find ourselves walking lazily in a humid 22 deg. c . late morning to our Hotel Saigon Can Tho (on which we will comment later), just a few blocks away. Signs of tents and stands indicate some sort of festival about take place. We learn from the signage that it is the day before the Mekong-Can Tho Festival. We look forward to seeing the festival develop during our short stay.
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