After a slight sleep-in,Vietnam Red boarded the bus to set off on an adventure to the Mekong delta! Upon the bus, the guys and gals of Vietnam red commenced many bonding conversations and activities. The activities included, card games and chopsticks. We were even treated to a few live tunes from Mr Tudor on his ukele. The bus trip was around 5 hours. Outside the window, Vietnam gave us many sights to enjoy. It was very clear when the city of Ho Chi Minh disappeared and the rural area appeared. It was clear due to the increase of rice fields. We stopped for some lunch at a nearby restaurant and had some chicken sandwiches with hot sauce.
After a half hour stop there, we hopped back on the bus and traveled deeper into the Mekong for another 2 hours. When we arrived we where welcomed by a nice man and his boat. This man took us on an interesting ride along the Mekong delta. On the boat trip we tried our best to avoid mosquitos whilst enjoying the scenery until we arrived at our home stay.When we arrived at our home stay, we were embraced by the nice family’s smiles and hospitality. After we had a look around our rooms we traveled down the foot path to have a look at the foundation of the house we are going to build and met the family we are building the house for.
After that we scavenged for a place to play a game of soccer with the local people. It was difficult to communicate with the people but in the end we still found a way to have a blast. We had a three on three soccer tournament which ended in nothing but smiles. After a very hot, yet fun game of soccer we sat down as a very sweaty group for some dinner. The food the cook prepared was delicious and organic. With full bellies from eating too much incredible food the group sat down to discuss the amazing trip so far.
Brock and Ben.
