Today is an amazing journey.
The prospect of ending up swimming in the canal is not entirely Rice paddies line the canal, and the tranquility of the setting is not interrupted by the sound of motors, which were prevalent in the canals of the Mekong Delta but do not seem to have made their way here. Rice paddies line the canal, and the tranquility of the setting is not interrupted by the sound of motors, which were prevalent in the canals of the Mekong Delta but do not seem to have made their way here. As our sampan slowly progresses up the canal, we are overtaken by a sampan full of noisy boys in their early teens. As the new arrival runs parallel to us, two of the children jump out into our sampan, sending it rocking and terrifying its passengers. The woman stops her paddling and climbs around to the front of the sampan, sending it tilting even further.