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My Tho
074 / POP 172,000
Gateway to the Mekong Delta for day trippers to the region, the slow-paced capital of Ti-
en Giang Province is an important market town, but to visit floating markets you'll need
to continue on to Can Tho.
On the riverfront, the
My Tho Tourist Boat Station
(8 Ð 30 Thang 4)
is home to several tour
companies offering cruises to the neighbouring islands and through the maze of small
canals. Destinations usually include a coconut-candy workshop, a honey farm (try the ba-
nana wine) and an orchid garden. A 2½-hour boat tour costs around 350,000d for one per-
son or 450,000d for two. Prices drop if you can join a group.
Sleeping
Song Tien Annex
( 073-387 7883;
www.tiengiangtourist.com
;
33 Ð Thien Ho Duong; r 450,000-500,000d; )
Rooms at this becalming, clean and tidy hotel have hardwood floors, natty extras such as
bathrobes and hair dryers, lovely bathrooms with freestanding claw-footed bathtubs, and
modern furniture.
HOTEL
$
Song Tien
( 073-387 2009;
www.tiengiangtourist.com
;
101 Ð Trung Trac; r 450,000-850,000d; )
This
friendly, smart and well-looked-after hotel has decent-enough rooms with satellite TV and
minibars. Check the rooms: cheaper ones are windowless with occasional traces of mould.
HOTEL
$$
Eating
My Tho is well known for a special vermicelli soup called
hu tieu My Tho,
which is richly
garnished with fresh and dried seafood, pork, chicken, offal and fresh herbs. Carnivores
will enjoy
Hu Tieu 44
(44 Ð Nam Ky Khoi Nghia; soups 20,000d)
, while vegetarians should try
Hu Tieu Chay 24
(24 Ð Nam Ky Khoi Nghia; mains 10,000-14,000d)
.
VIETNAMESE
$
Ngoc Gia Trang
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