We all felt a little under the weather today, some more than others. For a while it was uncertain whether we would complete the tour, but we decided to go on. Sarah has caught some bug, and is planning on sleeping the next 18 hours. If she is feeling better, she will join us for the tour tomorrow, but if not, she will continue to rest.
Our tour today was on the Mekong Delta. We took a boat tour, making four stops. The first was a honey bee demonstration. We didn't learn much about making honey, but I did hold a hive, and we had some very sweet tea. The second stop we experienced cultural singing and music, while drinking more tea and eating fruit. On the third stop, we saw how the islanders made coconut candy. The last stop was lunch; another multi-course touristy meal, which none of us were hungry enough to enjoy. On the way back, I got a coconut milk fresh in the coconut.
The tour we are on feels a little strange. There were all of these boats loaded with people going to each of these different places, and then there were us four on the same sized boat, with a tour guide. I felt like everyone must have been looking at us and thinking either that we were rich or that we chose the tour boat that nobody else wanted. Our rooms are pretty spectacular as well. We are staying on the 9th of 10 floors of one of the taller buildings in town in a pretty nice room with floor to ceiling windows. Despite my sniffles, I am having a great time.
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| Our own private boat, with recliners. |
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| Oh, bee-hive. |
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| Mixing coconut candy. |
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| Each piece gets two wrappers... a rice-paper wrapper that you can eat, and a regular wrapper. |
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| Fish of the day... |
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| Gratuitous selfie with a coconut milk. |
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| Pretty amazing hotel room. |
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| Night view from our room. |
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