We stopped first at a brick making plant, where they fired the bricks in the ovens. They used rice husks as fuel! All along the waterways, you see large boats overflowing with rice husks! They are used not only for fuel, but also for fertilizer. Our second stop was an orchard where they grow all kinds of fruits.
We then made our way to Cai Be, which is home to a famous, large floating market. All of the boats have poles at the front of them, and attached to those poles is whatever that particular boat is selling. That way, you can see from afar what each boat is selling!
After visiting the floating market, we continued along stopping at various islands along the way to see other demonstrations. My favorite was the candy making demonstrations (and samplings!). We saw them pop rice (like popcorn!), then make rice Krispy treat-like things out of them. They also made peanut candies, but my favorite was the coconut toffee. I don't like coconut, and I don't like coconut flavored things, but these toffees are to die for. They are made of coconut milk, palm sugar, and some other stuff. Just delicious!
We also saw them making moonshine. The nastiest was made with dead snakes. There's a picture of it attached. I almost vomited just looking at it... Snakes... Why'd it have to be snakes?
We then got back on the boat, and floated our way to a meeting point where we caught back up with our driver, who then drove us back to Saigon. I ate an extremely late lunch, walked around a little bit, had some downtime, then packed up because I have an early flight to Thailand tomorrow! This was the end of this leg of my trip. Tomorrow I will end up in Phuket where I wi have 4 days to enjoy the beach before I start another leg of my trip! I am really looking forward to a few days on the beach with nothing to do. Sightseeing seven days a week for a month can get exhausting!!!
I probably won't blog every day while I'm in Phuket, so this may be the last post until I arrive in Myanmar!
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