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Hangcoconut: Cooking Where the Coconut Forest Hid a War

The coconut forest is beautiful now, and the operator is unusual in telling you why it is there. Cam Thanh village is about four hectares of water palms, and during the war it was where local people and soldiers hid. The same waterways that are now a boat ride were cover. Today the area supplies most of the seafood for this part of the coast, which is the more cheerful half of the same fact. Three hours. It starts at a local market, choosing the ingredients yourself. Then the basket boat through the palms, learning to paddle the round bamboo hull, and some of the traditional fishing techniques that came out of the same water. The class is at Hangcoconut, a garden restaurant on the river in the middle of the forest, and the chef-guide teaches four things: fresh spring rolls, banh xeo, crab salad and steamed rice paper. You eat them there, with the group. Up to fifteen people, in English, with the boat, the entrance fee, the local guides and the meal. Tips are not included. Suitable for all fitness levels. Infants sit on a lap.