After a couple of days in Saigon and three in the Mekong Delta, we've planted ourselves on the beaches of Mui Ne for a brief while. This is a touristy town, or it would be if it weren't the slow season. Mui Ne is quiet. Except for the kite surfers, we have the beaches pretty much to ourselves.

The photos here are from our trip through the delta, where we crossed and recrossed and boated up the mighty Mekong for closer looks at rice noodle factories, floating markets, fish farms and a weaver. The highlight, maybe, was our five-hour boat ride from one city to another. Sounds long, but when you spend it sitting on the top of a boat watching the sunset and a far-off lightning storm, time moves along quite pleasantly.

Tomorrow we return to Saigon for one final night in Vietnam, and then it's off to Siem Riep in Cambodia. We'll be spending some time checking out the temples of Angkor.

- Melissa