Unbelievable!

Hi folks. We just have time for a very short post. Mark and I are at a homestay just outside of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. We took a moto (motorcycle taxi) from where the minibus dropped us off in town, then took a 1/2 hour boat ride through the canals and arrived pretty much in the middle of nowhere.
We had a very sustaining if mediocre lunch provided by our hosts, and headed out for a walk, since there is little else to do. We wandered for about an hour down a single track dirt path following the canal, saw a couple of "stores" (a few candies, or chips, or cans of sweetened condensed milk at the front of a house), and saw a lot more of nothing. All the kids at the houses along the way are very friendly though, all shouting "hello!" to us. For that matter, the adults are quite friendly as well.
We did eventually find the "village" including a market, a cafe, and the beauty salon where I got a pedicure for $0.60! That was a good way to kill 40 minutes! Honestly, I was counting down the minutes - this is a very sleepy place.
But, imagine my surprise when we saw on the other side of the canal - a real market! How to get there? Trusty Mark with his great sense of direction found the way, and double surprise, there's actually an internet cafe here!
We don't want to linger long as it will be dark in an hour and usually we can quite easily take that long to post let alone get back, but since I saw this place, I really felt that we had to put it to good use. Who knew? Also surprising is that this teensy backwater spot has the best monitors I've seen yet, and, in larger places we've had trouble viewing our blog. Here, no sweat. Will wonders never cease?
We are headed for the floating markets tomorrow. Should be fun as markets are my favorite places!
Sorry, no photos this time.
See you!