When we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, we figured out that the place where we wanted to go in the Mekong Delta is too far (8 hours by bus) so we changed our plans and decided to go to Can Tho (the biggest city in the Mekong Delta).

So we did, got a lift from two motorbike drivers to the bus station and waited there for half an hour.

When we were driving on the motorbikes we already got a good experience of the lifestyle and the attitudes of vietnamese people. They are very busy, carry everything with motorbikes (almost everybody rides one) and they are so friendly. Never met such friendly and helpful people before. After five hours ride we arrived in Can Tho. Luckily there was WiFi in the bus so I could already book a resort in Can Tho.

I booked the Maivien Resort, which sounded quite nice very apart from the big hotels. When we arrived in Can Tho at the bus station.

We asked several drivers what the price would be for a ride to the resort. We compared all of them and took the two cheapest ones. The ride was about 20 minutes and started in the city, then it ended in the pure nature on rocky and sandy roads in the darkness. Luckily we arrived safe.

We met the host and he showed us our room. We had booked a nice two bed bungallow in the nature, surrounded by the sounds of animals. There were gekkos, mosquitos, bugs and ants talking to us. We were happy to get the experience of the Mekong Delta like this. For the next morning we booked a tour for two hours on the river “Song me con” which was directly located in front of our resort. We would have to wake up at 6’o clock the next morning, so we went to bad early and felt asleep while listening to the sound of the nature.