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early morning in the center of Chau Doc (everyone is busy going places) |
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we followed San (seen in white clothing) in the market (here she stopped to buy her food to go) |
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walking along skinny tunnel-like passages |
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we walked on narrow wooden planks walkway, passing homes on stilts, down to where our boat was waiting (just don't fall off since the water is not too clean!) |
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boarding our small boat |
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woman rowing along homes on stilts |
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view of Chau Doc from our boat |
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floating home and fish farm on the water |
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feeding time at the fish farm (fish farm on the water) |
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boats with the eyes |
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Cham girl selling waffles |
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3 charming Cham girls (only to be fair when you buy from one you must buy from all!!) |
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Cham woman manually weaving cloth and scarves |
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colorful hand-woven silk scarves and cloths |
On our journey we passed by bridges including a monkey bridge, that style is slowly disappearing, possibly due to the danger of walking on it! At one point during the three hour boat ride our captain decided to take a nap in a hammock at the back of our boat and San took over steering. Most of the time she was steering the boat with her feet! I have never seen anyone doing that before.
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floating home and convenient boat store (where drinks and snacks can come to you!) |
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men carrying heavy bags of rice |
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man on boat |
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a fisherman |
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local kids playing in the water |
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woman working in canoe |
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woman doing her washing in the river |
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view of narrow bridge from below (when I was a child about six I was petrified of walking on this type of bridge by myself due to all the huge gaps and loose wooden planks) |
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fearless kids biking on narrow bridge |
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man walking across monkey bridge in the distance |
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looking up at the monkey bridge |
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floating home made from corrugated medal sheets |
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typical home on stilts on river bank |
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more homes on stilts, ready for a flood |
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San (receptionist/tour guide/ part-time boat Captain) |
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our Captain taking a snooze (life IS good for this guy!) |
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cruising down the river... captain in back! |
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good morning, Vietnam! (Vladimir) |
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our boat finally docking at the international border |
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a cool drink before the long walk in the heat! |
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we were walking into Cambodia without our passports and following our guide (right of photo wearing a white cap) |
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walking into Cambodia without our passports and bags |
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our Russian friends, my husband and I were so happy to get our passports back that we decided to document this moment! |
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our ride into Cambodia |
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grain and other food drying along the road |
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water buffalo crossing zone |
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grain being dried the traditional way along both sides of the road, leaving little room for cars and other vehicles |
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fill it up please! |
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