After staying in Saigon for a few days we wanted to go to a smaller town so we could relax more into the journey and to also see how the country people lived there lives. we caught a bus to Ben Tre an hour and a bit away from Saigon. This town has the Mekong delta running directly through it. first impressions of this town was it was very friendly and the existing areas around made it fun to go adventuring. we hired a motorbike on the first day on the instructions of another Australian staying in the hotel and we went to a floating hotel, which was originally an American war time hospital barge. The food in Vietnam is something to really experience. overall this was one of the most beautiful places to stay in the south of Vietnam.
a lane way, we went along on a push bike, when people would ride up behind us we would hop off the bike and move the bike and our self to the side, these lanes were tiny but so picturesque
A floating restaurant on the Mekong Delta. we didn’t visit this restaurant but i did sit on the shore line and watch it dock on the shore line. It was really good staying in a motel on the Mekong Delta waterfront as we could hear all the different boats at all times of the night going back and forth. these ships would be carrying anything from coconuts through to sand through to tourists. This seemed the life blood of the south. and quite spectacular at night. the people seemed to live on these boats, and they certainly didn’t have any lights to see at night
The hotel we stayed at was a warm and friendly atmosphere, the people were friendly , there was hardly many guests most of the time. Any people interested in going to this hotel it is called the Oasis hotel.i would highly recommend it, all the rooms are brand new and all the facilities were there for you. While in Ben Tre i hired a scooter and decided to ride around to see the local areas, as too to get used to how to ride in the traffic. At first it is a little intimidating but it is not that bad. every body rides slow enough for there to be no real problems. this was a highlight seeing some of the off the beaten track places and traveling through the small little lane ways.