Culture, Food, Travel

Mien Tay

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These past 2 days we’ve been exploring the cities of the Mekong Delta starting with Can Tho. We visited Binh Thuy ancient house to check out beautiful gardens, orchids and next door we bought a painting from a local artist.

We then went to see the fish at 7 Bon Fishery.  The special fish were the white catfish.

We then walked really deep into the woods to have a selection of local snacks.  Banh bo, banh da lon, banh chuoi, banh dau, banh beo, banh tran.  The tour guide made Sophia a shrimp out of palm leaves.

Then we go to the rambutan (chom chom) garden.  That’s is Sophia’s favorite.  She even got to pick it and we brought a lot back to the lunch place, however there were lots of ants on it. 

After that off to another place to have lunch. The lunch is special because each family contributes one dish to the meal.  Lau ca, goi ca, oc, and ca kho.  All these dishes were mostly fish based and so good.  We did not finish the food, because we had lots of kids with us. Sophia took to the snails.  She liked them a lot and even learned to get them out using toothpicks.   I would have brought to go boxes out because it was so good, but that’s not a thing in Vietnam.  Each dish is each family’s specialty and they were all delicious.  Then we rest on the hammocks until its time to go.  This is the life, good food, full tummies, and hammocks.  

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I’m Huong Nguyen, a headstrong woman who is a passionate advocate for raising compassionate, brave, smart, open-minded, globally-aware children through travel. I’m married to a very smart man named Ryan Nabors who loves me very much and I have an adorable opinionated little girl named Sophia. My family of three travel both internationally and domestically. We have family and friends all around the world and we plan each trip to be a blend of educational, cultural, and culinary experiences with the goal of making real meaningful connections with other people.

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