An activities-packed Mekong Delta tour.

On we went on a two night/three day Mekong Delta tour, which was an action-packed tour, non-stop activities and just enough time to sleep. As travel agencies and pretty much everything in Vietnam, the guide was extremely professional, knowledgeable and funny. Such an efficient and well organised country, I really wish them to overcome all obstacles to achieve a better quality of life.
Tours in Vietnam work on a hop-on/hop-off basis, so they are constantly connected with other tourists and even tour guides. We kept the same guide for the three days.
On the first day we had lovely meals, went on small boat around a small Mekong affluent, saw a few other sights and at night arrived at massive Can Tho, a huge city of a million and a half people. The heat was close to overwhelming, I couldn't have thought it would get this hot at the Delta, with water all around. I got to bed exhausted.
On the second one we visit the floating market, where we purchased fruits and coffee from river boats and visited a small village on bicycle, where I tasted for the very first time barbecued field rat and snake. The rat tasted juicy, but the snake tasted like bad fish. I just tasted a piece, and I wouldn't have minded tasting more of the rat. We ended the day at the Tra Su Sanctuary, where we went again on a canoe to see storks and herons on a lake covered in a carpet of greenery, just before sunset. We arrived at Chau Doc and had frogs' legs as dinner: this time I did had at least four of them, and they tasted like chicken, tasty. Tony, our guide, came with us for dinner and eventually confessed to us the issues with corruption in Vietnam. It was sad to hear, as Vietnamese people are so lovely but hard working people who don't get deterred by anything.
On the last day, after another rushed sleep, we visited early a fish sauce production farm, then went on to the boat for our five hours fast-speed boat trip to Phnom Penh. It was a great trip, we talked to the young members of our tour and I recovered my beliefs that the world could become a better place, despite the news.