Back on Tour

After yesterday's great time winging it, today was a smaller copy, with one exception. We were in the same type of boat, but this boatman didn't say towards the edge of the floating market, This boatman drove us straight through the center of it. We went slow, and people from all boats took steps to nudge each other out of major collisions. If anything was missing yesterday, perhaps this is it.

Otherwise, we went to a few of the same places, including where we had the chicken. But the tour company did not take us onto any of the narrow channels. That's disappointing because they used to. It feels like their tour has been dumbed down a bit. Since most customers are foreigners who will not repeat their journey, they don't know what they are missing.

The afternoon was consumed by trying to get back to Saigon. I say trying because the bus that was to take us was very late. The group sat in the shade sharing stories from home, and every once in a while, the tour guide would tell us it was only going to be 20 minutes. Eventually, he was right. Much of the traffic delays are attributable to the new year. There is a lot more activity than normal leading up to new year, and I'm told on new year (Feb 3) nothing will be happening. We hope to be in a resort on the sea shore then, but if we're delayed, we might be eating crackers at the side of the road. (kidding)