Day 16: Sa Dec and Cai Be

 Day 16: 

This morning we took a tender from our boat for a short ride to Sa Dec.

Once in the town, we walked through the local market where we saw various items for sale.

seafood

dried fish

produce and crabs

Roselle calyces (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

From there, we walked to the "the Lover's House" where French author Marguerite Duras's paramour lived 

from there, we headed back to our ship 

After lunch, we took another excursion to visit a local shop where we learned how to make rice paper.

I even got to try making them.

We also watched them make coconut candy (and sample some)

And we saw how they made popped rice, then turned them into bars, similar to rice crispy bars

And finally, we saw how rice was distilled into "wine" 

with jackfruit, bananas, or snakes 

and I couldn't leave without buying some of the snacks