The Quiet Life in Sadec

After a couple days exploring Vinh Long and An Binh, we took a bus further inland until reaching Sadec, a small city in the Mekong Delta with a wonderfully tranquil pace.

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Sadec is home to a healthy population of 150,000 people, but feels like a village in comparison to Saigon or even Vinh Long. Everything is relaxed here, with wide streets you don’t have to be a daredevil to cross, lush flower gardens, silent historic mansions, and a sleepy way of life. We loved it.

We arrived with a lot of...