More Catching Up

Our next stop on the Meykong was for lunch. We were ushered into a decent sized wood and bamboo building and seated six to a table. The first dish was a whole fried Talapia, pictured below. Our server took a square sheet of rice paper, placed some cucumber slices and basil leaves on it, pulled off a chunk of fish placing it in the middle, and folded and rolled it up. We each had a little bowl of sauce to dip it in.

Cute No?

Preparaion

The next course was a salad with vegetables and pork, followed by a soup with vegetables and shrimp, and then a selection of excellent fresh fruit, all washed down with the local 333 beer. After lunch we were treated to a musical performance which consisted of some local instruments and two singers - it was lovely.

Then we tied up to a bush on the side of the river so that the crew could cut up coconuts for us to drink. The bushes were alive with cicada.

Try this: https://youtu.be/I0oDWj_Mhs4

Our final stop on th river was to tie  up to a tree so that folks could hop into a sampan and be rowed around a back creek by the sampan ladies. I chose to stay on the boat along with a number of others, but Anne went:

Sampan Anne


Meanwhile I took this photo - there were many of these on the river.

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