Thursday 24th March After breakfast we were taken in sampans to Evergreen Island to see a small village of farmers & fishermen. On the way we passed several floating fish farms consisting of what looked like galvo clad sheds of 30m by 20m which apparently have netted wooden cages below in which catfish are reared. Further on we passed a huge rice husking plant before turning into a tributary to the village. We walked though the settlement where all the house...

Wednesday 23rd March Although the bed is big & comfortable d*** only slept fitfully. Jane diagnosed his problem as dehydration & insisted on getting him water with electrolytes etc & of course it worked well. After breakfast we set off in Sampans to Cai Be to see a floating market before landing at a local RC church & then a sweet or candy factory where they made coconut lollies & rice paper. It was a break but we had been to a similar one p...