The Mekong Delta
Boats trading at the Cai Rang floating market, Can Tho. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
The Mekong Delta is where the great river ends: nine mouths, a maze of canals, and a culture built on water. The floating markets are the headline, but the river life underneath is the real show.
Base in Can Tho for Cai Rang's dawn market, take a sampan through Ben Tre's coconut canals, and push to Chau Doc on the Cambodian border for the delta at its most diverse.
