This morning I left Saigon.
Since I want to travel as near as possible like the Vietnamese people, I decided to take the bus to Can Tho.
First I had to take a City bus from the famous Ben-Thanh market to the western bus station. This bus station is really huge. More then a hundred buses are waiting to bring the people only to the western and southern areas from Saigon. There is another station to serve the north and eastern parts.
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| Ein Teil des riesigen Busbahnhofs |
I was a bit early so I walked a bit around the station, had a drink at at small service point. The bus was wonderful, Air Conditioning !
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| Aha da kommt ja mein Bus schon. |
It took nearly 3 1/2 hours to reach Can Tho. During the journey we had heavy rain and I was a bit worried about my situation in Can Tho.
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| Regenzeit im Mekong-Delta. Da bleibe ich lieber im Bus. |
This time I even used the big new bridge crossing the river Mekong - the biggest bridge in South-East Asia.
At the bus station Julia Le waited for me - she is my supporter and interpreter here in Can Tho. She showed me the hotel and we had lunch together.
Later the evening we went on a boat trip on the Mekong with a big ship, full of hungry people. :-) We had live Music from a band and a magician showed his tricks.
It was wonderful, the weather was good, no rain in the evening.
From the mails that Juli and I exchanged I know that she is a fan of the German soccer team. So I brought her a jersey of the womens national Soccer team. I think she was very happy about it.
When the ship returned to the kay, Julia drove me back to the hotel.
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| Julia Le |
Did I mention before, that she has a small motorbike (like most Vietnamese) and I had to sit on the passenger seat? The traffic is much easier here that it is in Saigon and Julia is a good and cautios driver. I felt very comfortable with her.
Tomorrow we will start early (8:00 am) our trip to Rach Goi. I hope really to find people, who remember anything about my father, his wife and daughter.
