Visit to a pagoda on the way to the Mekong Delta

We drove to the town of My Tho, a city in the Mekong Delta, and on the way we stopped at the Vinh Trang pagoda, an ancient southern architectural gem built in 1849.

There we saw the three versions of Buddha, the laughing Buddha, the reclining Buddha and the standing Buddha.

We then drove to the river and went in a boat across to a couple of islands.  It is difficult to capture the size of the mighty Mekong River and the impressiveness of the delta.  Here is a simple fishing boat rearranging its net.

And a small tributary of the river where we went by rowing boat.  A very tranquil setting.

We had lunch at a riverside restaurant offering tasty Mekong specialities.

A photo of our deep fried, magnificently presented elephant-ear fish.

And a photo after we ate our fill of it.

Andrew was very taken by the humour available over the men's urinals.