After breakfast, leave Chau Doc for a long drive back to Ho Chi Minh City.
A cluster of brick and tile kilns on the riverbank announces your arrival in the charming town of Sa Dec, stop by for some visits. French novelist Marguerite Duras lived here as a child and decades later the town’s stuccoed shop-house terraces, riverside mansions and remarkably busy stretch of the rumbling Mekong provided the backdrop for the film adaptation of her novel “The Lover”. Visit Binh Thuy old villa where the family of Duras’ character lived. It’s worth wandering along Nguyen Hué which shaded lanes hide Sa Dec’s extensive riverside market as well as the former home of Duras’ lover.
Continue to Cao Lanh, and complete this unique exploration tour by a visit to Xeo Quyt. Xeo Quyt is an old base with its preserved underground house, stores, secret tunnels… Here you can feel the scenes of tough life, resistance, and intelligence of Vietnamese rebels during French and American wars. Row a small sampan along the small arroyos and listen to fascinating stories being told.