Photo Tour Exploring the Mekong Delta

Floating markets galore. Explore the Mekong Delta by boat with this photo tour.

 

welcome to Vietnam!

 

real brewed coffee does exist in Asia. Welcome to Vietnam!

 

Choose your shrimp at the local market

 

delicious bahn xeo, a crepe filled with veggies and seafood

 

boat playing a game of pickup sticks

 

 

houses and shops all setup on the Mekong River create a booming market

 

a riverfront shack

 

a refreshment boat speeds by

 

small tourist boats. equipped with a weed-whacker-like motor and two huge oars for getting in close

 

boats pull up to buy watermelons from the watermelon boat

 

the onion? boat is surrounded! notice the bags? you can only buy in bulk at this floating market

 

 

 

trading melon for melon?

 

 

our boat "driver"

 

inspecting the goods

 

 

sometimes boats have to load across multiple other boats. no worries

 

everyone seems to be enjoying their morning

 

the boats are watching you

 

Lina enjoying fresh bread. Bought from a boat of course!

 

 

pass the watermelons please, thank you

 

making the batter for rice noodles

 

the batter is made into giant crepes

 

then set out to dry

 

then shredded into noodles

 

and you see anything from dirt loading

 

to log loading in the Mekong delta…

 

water transport is much more efficient

 

banana boat… notice the propeller and engine? looks almost home made

 

we're pretty sure people live on these boats too… we saw clothing hanging to dry on many

 

Can Tho double crossed oar rowing

 

our driver cutting us a pineapple

 

tada! a perfectly cut pineapple

 

a little boat garage

 

this is how many people bathe. bucket shower over the river

 

some low bridges

 

locals hanging out watching a boat get repaired

 

an even smaller boat garage. I guess it helps the boat not sink in the rain

 

getting into smaller canals, more jungle

 

and more green

 

 

on some sort of fruit plantation

 

a small wobly stream crossing

 

lychees… Lina really wanted to pick these

 

look into my eye and you will be…

 

something left this plant in poor shape

 

a single log bridge over a lily pond

 

reaching for a rose apple at our lunch spot

 

despite being in the middle of the jungle, we were in the delta of the Mekong. Plenty of trash to go around

 

riverfront life

 

searching

 

 

 

lettuce and?

 

some crazy looking fruit? nut? coconut?

 

dilapidated. modern in the distance.

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