Fruit and floating markets: Life in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
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Vietnam's Mekong Delta
Vietnam's Mekong Delta is a vibrant, lush landscape of increasingly modern cities amid sprawling rice fields and jungle. The Mekong River and its branches shape life in the region. People live, shop, sell and eat from and in their vessels and homes on the water.
Here, the sun rises on the Hau River. Like much of the rest of Vietnam, the day here begins at the crack of dawn when the weather is still cool. -- Jason La, Los Angeles Times |
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Add / View comments | Discussion FAQso thats the mekong delta, i heard that it was nice to look at when i was in viet nam doing a tour of duty,its a shame that i was not told about it then, and was not allowed to go there, it would of been a great chance to get to meet some people who live on the river and hear the stories they would have to tell if only given the chanch, but then there was the chance that you would of been shot by the viet kong, or i might have that out of fear i dont know for shure and probly never will,i my self thaink that i would like to go back and visit parts of viet nam, its not the country that might kill you but some of the people at that time now adays who knows for shure,any way only parts of vien nam were bad when i was there of cource being in the army did not help all that much.
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We had to drive 6 hours downstream today and walk over a gravel path to get to the river cruise ship that was moored on the side of a farmer's hut. It was supposed to be docked a few miles from Siem Reap, Cambodia but because the Chinese built a hydro-power dam upstream on the Mekong and the drier than normal year, the... central lake and the rivers are very low. Consequently farmers are not able to grow their rice or even get to the river for water -- not to mention that they are also facing encroachment of salt water.
Once on board the MV Marguerite, we had a lively discussion about my new book, Cruise Ship Crime: A Murder Mystery” and how this boat would be a perfect setting for a murder mystery. Although this riverboat was just built last year, it speaks of the elegance of a bygone era. Perfect scenario!
Dr. Paul Davis