Day nineteen Mekong Delta...and off to Phu Quoc

We were up at dawn today to visit the famous floating markets. Such an amazing sight. All sorts of produce, fruit and vegetables for sale...some larger wooden barges but often just tiny boats. Each seller has a tall pole with their wares (maybe a pumpkin and cabbage) hanging from it to advertise what they are selling. There was a lot of activity and although everyone was obviously busy going about their morning's work, there was also a quiet and relaxed feel about the proceedings. No-one ever seems to be in a hurry here. We see lots of little children and babies on board the boats too...and a mother rocking her baby to sleep in a hammock. What a beautiful simple life.

I am fascinated by the way of life here...the ramshackle houses that sit over the water are both a reminder of the poverty here, and of a lifestyle that probably hasn't changed in decades.

We have a walk around a riverside market which is full of everything you could imagine...from frogs, meat and snails...to every kind of seafood imaginable. Not to mention the freshest veges, herbs, fruits and flowers..

 

Later in the day we fly to Phu Quoc Island. It's just off the Cambodian coast but still Vietnam. Our room overlooks the ocean, and I feel some serenity here already..

 

 

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