Friday, December 10, 2010

Mekong Delta Tour - My Tho Day trip

Saigon - At 8:30am, the tour guide arrives and met us at the Hotel Lobby.   We are off on another adventure to the Mekong Delta.

Scenary around My Tho Jetty

Shops at My Tho Jetty
Susan and Quin enjoying the breeze
Unicorn Island Jetty
First Stop, Bee farm and then enjoying the extracts of the Bee.  Honey, Royal Jelly and Pollen.

Pax trying Pollen on a tea spoon
2nd Stop, Coconut Candy factory.  Everything of the coconut is used and nothing goes to waste.

Signboard to the entrance of the coconut candy factory

Husk is used as fuel

Stiring the soft coconut candy mxture

Result of stiring and heating

Workers cutting the soft candy to size

Workers packing them into commerical boxes

Other uses of coconut

Coconut byproduct made into cups adn teapots
3rd Stop, we get to taste some Vietnamese fruits

Papaya, Pineapple, Dragonfruit, Pomelo and Logans

Quin and Trev enjoying the fruits

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