Spent the next couple of days in Ho Chi Minh City being lazy and generally not doing much with the exception of a trip through the mangrove swaps of the Mekong Delta in my motorboat.

Then off on another motorboat for a 3.5 hour trip down to Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. There we stayed at the Victoria Hotel which was situated on the banks of the Mekong Delta overlooking a bridge which is presently being constructed to span the great river. The main reason for going to Can Tho was to experience the river so one evening we charted a huge junk just for the 3 of us. We spent about one and a half hours on a sunset cruise and with the exception of 4 staff had the whole boat to ourselves. One can certainly be decadent in ways like this in Vietnam.

After a couple of enjoyable days in Can Tho we found ourselves geting up early ro get the 7:15 am boat back to Ho Chi Minh City.