Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Can Tho

Next our travels took us to Can Tho. This is a large city of about 3 million people. It has the Mekong river running through it. 

We enjoyed this city because it offered many opportunities, but was not as crowded at Ho Chi Minh City. We both felt like we would actually be comfortable driving a scooter here. :) 

While here we were able to visit two parks; one along the river and the other in town. The one along the river seemed to be a night time place with some tourists. The other was more daytime and only Vietnamese. Mitchell and his cousin Naldo had a good conversion with a lady that was people watching at the park. We are finding that parks are a great place to strike up conversations and the boys make it super easy to do. Everyone wants to touch them and say how cute they are.

Elijah decided he wanted some fruit while we were there and we walked to a little fruit stand. The man who owned the stand had a young son that was just learning English. He had his son speak with Elijah. Elijah still doesn't know what to do in those situations, but he is getting better. The man also said Elijah had a good eye for which fruit was ready since Elijah picked out his own food. That was a fun experience for Elijah. 

We also visited a shopping warehouse called Metro. It is German owned and offered us some comforts from home and gave us another opportunity to see what we an purchase here. Elijah's favorite...chocolate muffins.

Isaiah was back to his normal self in Can Tho and was staring to eat us out of house and home. Mitchell's aunts love how much he eats and just keep feeding him and feeding him.
Hotel viewing Can Tho