Being city-dwellers at heart, we love exploring the organised chaos of capital cities but we always experience instant relief at escaping it all in a small town or countryside retreat. Our getaway to the Mekong Delta was exactly what we needed after a couple of days wrestling tourists and traffic in Phnom Penh. Over a slow couple of days made our way to the capital of the delta in Vietnam, Can Tho. Here we were met by Hung and his brother and we hopped on the back of their bikes and zoomed off out of the city into quieter delta backroads to spend two nights at their home-stay.

words: Verushka Vogt Nel

pictures: Willie Nel & Verushka Vogt Nel