Daily Life on the Mekong (photo-essay)

by Elizabeth Briel, Feb 13, 2009 | Destinations: Vietnam
There are road-blocks because of construction

There are road-blocks because of construction

There are road-blocks because of construction
It takes awhile to wake up during the morning commute
Home-based businesses are becoming popular
Everyone wants a leisure boat

Life on the Mekong Delta isn't all that different from how it's lived anywhere else. Pictures from boat trips through the Delta towns of My Tho, Can Tho, Chau Doc, and a Muslim floating village near Chau Doc illustrate scenes that are, in essence, not all that different from lives elsewhere.

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This essay was possible thanks to a travel grant from ThingsAsian

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