Mekong Delta

See and do in Ho Chi Minh City We were going to title the post what to see and do in Saigon since for many, if not most, of its residents the pre-war name is still the commonly used one. For the purposes of our post, what to see and do in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon are thus…

As far as Mekong boat cruises go, Southeast Asia’s longest river offers some 5,000 kilometres to choose from. The Mekong originates high up on the Tibetan Plateau and after passing through, or past, six countries, eventually emerges into the South China Sea.

Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Vietnam In former times every significant-sized Mekong Delta town would have had a floating market with Cai Rang, just outside, Can Tho being the largest and best-known. In more recent time it ought to come as no surprise to learn that Vietnamese shoppers, like their ‘Western’ counterparts, have come to appreciate the convenience of…

Traditionally the kingdom’s 2nd largest city, the western town of Battambang Cambodia has surely been overtaken by now by booming Siem Reap and although still relatively prosperous from the Province’s fine farming land, (indeed it’s sometimes known as ‘Cambodia’s rice bowl’), it has, so far, been largely bypassed by the country’s tourism boom. Well, until recently that is, and these…

Chau Doc To discover another of our very favourite spots in Vietnam, the riverside town of Chau Doc, we’ll travel to the opposite end of the country from the hill resort of Sapa and the rugged mountains of the Chinese border to the lush Mekong Delta region in the country’s far south. This small yet bustling riverside town is located…

Kampong Chhnang We already did a photographs of Kampong Chhnang post – mainly this provincial Cambodian town’s fascinating market – but thought we’d add a few rainy season photographs for good measure since the views do change radically with the change in water levels. With the market being located right on the Tonle Sap riverbank, high water means the boats…