I was happy to leave Ho Chi Minh behind and the hotel was really helpful in helping me get to Vihn Long-a town deep in the delta region and not a very common tourist destination.
I had a bit of trouble finding a hotel to stay at (one that seemed to have electricity of some sort). But I finally found one with a great view of the river, too.
I have been dying to see the Mekong ever since I heard about the Mekong Giant Catfish-a predatory fish that grows to the size of a full grown man and weighs 500 pounds. It is said that it eats children who swim in the Mekong and spawns up near Laos.
It was too late to go out on the river by the time I got there-the tides are very particular and very extreme. So I wandered around the town and found a lovely wet market. The old women there were friendly, always asking how old I was. Traffic practically stopped to see me-they think I am so strange looking!
Later that evening I met a mother and daughter on the boardwalk. The daughter, Holly, studied English and we became fast friends and agreed to have dinner the following night.
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