Tài Khoản Khách
ngày 9 tháng 1 năm 2024
My north - south 5Hs Viêtnam trip (Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh) had been a full on, hi-octane, va va vroom experience. So I decided that a side trip to the Mekong Delta slotted in between two short stays at HCM would be a life saver. I watched YouTube videos for intel and decided I did NOT want the tourist version of the Mekong. I wanted something off piste, Crocodile Dundee. I wanted to stay in a base that was raw, exotic and remote “by the still waters”, but with comfort and tiny touches of luxury. I wanted an oasis of such serenity that I would only leave to go on a sampan trip where the guide rows with her feet through a narrow tributary overhung with coconut trees and mango groves. I wanted delicious food, funny friendly hosts and a huge grass-roofed bungalow in a jungle setting. I wanted Mekong Magic……and I found it all at MEKONG HOME! Good instincts and careful research made Ben Tre my target destination for three nights without any tours save for my idyllic bespoke sampan trip which was arranged for me by Mekong Home together with a short sunset cruise along a broad stretch of the Mekong proper, embarking directly from Mekong Home which sits right on the river! The organisation of transfers from and back to HCM had worried me as Ben Tre is remote but Mekong Home arranged it all for me door to door and it was well worth the uplift. The manager and staff were gorgeous. I got an opportunity to polish up my French. The food was fabulous and the manager was so lovely he made sure I got my favourite dishes! I loved my villa, I believe one of only ten, with a terrace that looked out onto a teeny weeny, picturesque tributary of the ubiquitous Mekong River. I suppose you could use Mekong Home as a base from which to do lots of invigorating and exciting tours, but once ensconced with a cocktail in hand, by one of the most stunning petite pools you could imagine, with luxuriant overhanging palm trees, exquisite birdsong and turquoise butterflies, I did not want to leave Home!
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