Day 6

We arrived in Saigon on Monday evening and made it to our hotel, a very modern Movenpick where we had access to a scoop-your-own ice cream cooler three meals a day. Ice cream for breakfast became the thing to do. This was sanctioned by an 80 year old doctor who is in our group.

We started off bright and early for the Mekong Delta in the south and had another boat ride. We started out in a large boat and had to switch to small boats to go up the tributaries. The trip was pretty unremarkable. The temp
was about 90 and humid but cooler on the river. All of the houses in the delta are built on stilts because oh the frequent flooding. In town homes are built with two or three floors and when it floods furniture is moved upstairs.

Most all of our trips have stops for local entertainment and food, usually fruit and tea. Haven't seen any fried grasshoppers here yet. And of course there are always vendors giving us opportunities to stimulate their economy.

We stopped at another temple, this one Taoist.

The traffic never stops in Saigon. There are few traffic lights and street crossing is an art. Chuck likens it to a school of fish constantly moving around objects. It is interesting to see the women on their scooters with skirts and high heels.