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MEKONG CRUISE TOURS
The mighty Mekong, one of a dozen
longest rivers in the world, cross the far south of
Vietnam before spilling over the ocean. After
bordering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia with
sufficient resources of fish, irrigation water,
cross-country transportation, it brings into Vietnam
alluvium and make the Mekong Delta the biggest paddy
field of Vietnam, the world’s second rice exporter.
To deeply go into the history and current life of
the region, things can be very relaxed and
swimmingly sitting on board a cruise and contemplate
life of the delta day by day.
Life along the Mekong attaches with it. People here
earn their livings by fishing, farming and trading
on their boats at floating markets despite of the
presence of curious visitors. Villages here are more
accessible from river tributaries and canals, rather
than roads. Orchards here can keep you several days
with sufficient varieties. We can also leave our
cruise to land at riverside towns and study the
history of the development of the South of Vietnam,
since it was a part of Funan Kingdom and Khmer
Empire to the current territory of Vietnam nowadays.
The most renowned places in the Mekong delta are My
Tho and Cai Be near Ho Chi Minh City, then, more to
the heart of the region, Vinh Long and Can Tho, from
where it is possible to reach the remotest confines
of the delta. South towards the mangrove forests and
the East sea, North towards Chau Doc and Cambodia
with mystical Angkor, or West towards the tropical
island of Phu Quoc.
What follows is an ideal exploring the Mekong delta
in a clockwise direction, beginning south of Ho Chi
Minh City at Mytho. Threeland Travel offers and
recommends different river journeys from 2 to 16
days by RV La Marguerite, Bassac and Le Cochinchine,
the most deluxe cruises on the Mekong.
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