...spent two days in MEKONG DELTA with hundreds on rivers and canals but no Mosquitos though... local selling goods on the floating market ...
...life on Mekong river......one of the great rivers of the world...begins in Himalayas...through Tibet,Cambodia,Vietnam and in to South China Sea...
...this is everything they own and it floats on water...just!
...everything in Mekong Delta is done on the river and on the banks of the river ...its fascinating watching people going about their lives and living on and off the river...
...local on the way to floating market to sell her goodies...
...early morning floating market with boats selling anything and everything as far as your eye can see...
...it looked like scenes from MEL GIBSONs movie MAD MAX... except this being on water rather than on dry land...everything is one color...rather dirty grey/black/brown...including the water and people...
...floating market...
...all the boats looked like they have had it...I mean they looked like they have been taken out of scrap yard after they have been scrapped and left to rust for years and they still floats ...well just... and actually moves...wonderful...
...everything on and around MEKONG looks as though you are on another planet...
you see all this and then you go and have your breakfast in a cosy little place with a/c,lights,soft chair and table , cafe latte in your hand and bottled mineral water...and you think what planet was I on that boat this morning...its another world... honest!
...we got on this guys house boat and for 10p he cut us wonderful pineapple each...
...this cute little kid and his mom are a floating drinks and food shop selling them to tourist at the floating market...he would stretch his hand holding cold drink at you and ...well..you just had to buy it...
...another scene from MAD MAX II...
...while my wife looking away...
...gliding through one of Mekongs many rivers on the outback...it was like being in one of those VIETNAM war movies like PLATOON or APOCALYPSE NOW and just waiting for someone to throw a hand granade at you or someone jumping out of river and cutting your throat...surreal...
...you are never far away from nosy locals smiling at you...and posing for photographs...
...traffic jam at the boatyard...before entering the Vietnam War Movie Set!
...everything in Mekong Delta is done on the river and on the banks of the river ...its fascinating watching people going about their lives and living on and off the river......fishing net always ready to catch that elusive breakfast lunch and dinner...
...local on the way to floating market to sell her goodies...
...early morning floating market with boats selling anything and everything as far as your eye can see......it looked like scenes from MEL GIBSONs movie MAD MAX... except this being on water rather than on dry land...everything is one color...rather dirty grey/black/brown...including the water and people...
...floating market......all the boats looked like they have had it...I mean they looked like they have been taken out of scrap yard after they have been scrapped and left to rust for years and they still floats ...well just... and actually moves...wonderful...
...everything on and around MEKONG looks as though you are on another planet...
you see all this and then you go and have your breakfast in a cosy little place with a/c,lights,soft chair and table , cafe latte in your hand and bottled mineral water...and you think what planet was I on that boat this morning...its another world... honest!
...we got on this guys house boat and for 10p he cut us wonderful pineapple each...
...this cute little kid and his mom are a floating drinks and food shop selling them to tourist at the floating market...he would stretch his hand holding cold drink at you and ...well..you just had to buy it...
...another scene from MAD MAX II...
...while my wife looking away...
...gliding through one of Mekongs many rivers on the outback...it was like being in one of those VIETNAM war movies like PLATOON or APOCALYPSE NOW and just waiting for someone to throw a hand granade at you or someone jumping out of river and cutting your throat...surreal...
...you are never far away from nosy locals smiling at you...and posing for photographs...
...traffic jam at the boatyard...before entering the Vietnam War Movie Set!
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