Cai Rang Floating market, early morning
One
of the most interesting sights in the Delta are the floating markets and associated river life. Cai Rang
Floating Market is open all day but it is busiest from sunrise to about 9am.
The main items sold there are farm products and specialties of
During
the early morning market hours, larger sized boats anchor and create lanes that
smaller boats weave in and out of. The waterway becomes a maze of hundreds of
boats packed with mango, bananas, papaya, pineapple, and even smuggled goods
like cigarettes. Sellers do not have to cry out about their goods because their
goods can be seen in a distance and their cries would not be heard in the
vastness of the river and the noise of boat engines. Small boats that sell
beer, wine and soft drinks go among the other boats to serve market-goers and
visitors. Sellers tie their goods to a
Transporting fruit on a small boat
Each
boat is loaded with plenty of seasonal goods. Activities at the market are also
an occasion for tourists to study the cultural aspects of southerners. You can
see the market in the distance, it does not look like much, just a mass of
boats. The boats all display their wares on a mast so you can see what they
have available.
To
visit Cai Rang Floating Market, visitors can join a tour of the Mekong Delta.
On the way to Can Tho, visitors can stop to visit My Tho and take a boat trip
to visit orchards, bee farms and coconut candy establishments in Ben Tre.
Have
you been to the Cai Rang Floating Market? If not yet, let’s take a 30 minute
boat ride to the market. You will be actually awake and enjoying it! You wind
find it very peaceful floating down the river in the early morning. Then, tell
us why you think this market is a great place!
Source: Vietnam Tourism