The next two days of our trip were spent on the Mekong River. We met Cousin U?n at the tourist station and boarded a bus to our destination. Long bus ride, the tour guild was very informative about Vietnam’s culture and facts about the river. The countryside scenery was so beautiful and peaceful. Many lotus ponds dotted the landscape.

As soon as we get to the river we all know this will be no ordinary trip. Houses were built on the river edge. So much life here. You don’t want to blink an eye incase you might miss something. Everywhere you turn there’s an award-winning photo to be taken. The lighting was a bit harsh on the digital Nikon cameras Luke and I used, but we managed to get a few good photos.

I was blown away by the abundant of drooping Nhan trees along the river edge. Nhan is a tropical fruit; the literal translation means dragon eyes. We also call these fruit lychees in the US. These fruit trees brought back so many memories for me. My grandmother used to surround our house with these trees. During the season when the Nhan ripens the fruit gave off such strong intoxicating scented perfume like fragrant. Cultivators found a way to make the nhan tree not seasonal but to fruit all year round. Somewhere along the way the nhan fruit seems to lose its fragrant. It had been so many years since I ate ripen nhan from a tree. They were soooooooo good. U?n, Luke and I had fun spitting nhan seeds at each other. Caitlin and Jason were just chilling in the hammocks under the shades of these trees.