Couchfish Day 158: A homestay in Bến Tre

When travellers to Vietnam decide to swing by the Mekong Delta, many hit Mỹ Tho, Can Tho or, at a stretch, Châu Đốc. There are a few reasons for this—but two of the big ones are lack of time and super–cheap tours ex–Ho Chi Minh City.

Bến Tre sits just to the south of Mỹ Tho—another one of those islands as a province places—yet few visit. It is to Bến Tre…