Album Vietnamese memories from Wolfgang

Barge on the Hậu Giang River

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:02 +0000

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The Hậu Giang River is the bigger branch of the Mekong one of the nine delta branches.

Cái Răng floating market on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:15 +0000

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Can Tho is a busy port capable of accomodating large ships from neighbouring countries. Hậu Giang or Hau River is the main channel that passes through Cần Thơ. The land mass surrounding the river was developed very early so the population in this area is probably the largest in all of the Delta region. The land here is said to be the most fertile because of the deposits from the various branches of the river.

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:28 +0000

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Sitting on the wharf, visitors will enjoy the beautiful sight of boats and sampans which are traveling upstream or downstream of the river.

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:44 +0000

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There is a weird way of marketing the goods for sale at the market - "bẹo hàng". Sellers hang the samples of what they want to sell at the top of a long pole which is fixed at the bow of their boat, so buyers can spot in the distance what kinds of goods they can purchase from that boat.

The market on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:21 +0000

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The market starts very early in the morning when the dawn has not broken yet. The activity of buying and selling between people is noisy and bustling. A long section of the river is crammed with boats and sampans.

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:58 +0000

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Cái Răng floating market on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:08 +0000

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The floating market is one of the biggest in this style. Its not only a tourist attraction like the floating market "Damnoen Saduak" in Thailand. Its a market for thousands traders coming from every where.

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:05 +0000

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Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:43:52 +0000

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Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:26 +0000

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Buyers are local traders with bigger boats snapping everything by the bushels and resell at local markets or to wholesale dealers from big cities, often for a handsome profit.

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:47 +0000

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Market-woman steering her boat on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:24:47 +0000

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Photo was shot on the Floating Market in Cần Thơ, Mekong Delta

Phung Hiep floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:12 +0000

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Boats loaded with produce from nearby orchards of the Mekong Delta converge to the floating market. They carry mostly fruits but also coconuts, vegetables and fishes.

Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:33 +0000

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Cái Răng floating market is the main wholesale floating market near Cần Thơ.

Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:19 +0000

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Visitors will see thousands of small boats full of agricultural products from Western corners to form 1km long floating market. It's said to be a fruit-market of the Southern part and the market is cultural identity of the Mekong Delta.

Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu Giang river

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:40 +0000

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Rowing to the floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:44:53 +0000

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Due the tide the water level was getting lower and lower. We had to hurry ton reach the big Mekong branch in time. Suddenly an heavy loaded barge blocks us to go on. We'd to step out into hip-high mud go reach the solid ground. In the meantime the oarsman and some helpers pulled the boat around the stranded barge. We reached the floating market in time.

A small and shallow channel going to the floating market

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:45:02 +0000

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Its a great pleasure to raw through the hundreds small channels which connect the nine branches of the Mekong Delta. Its a net like a labyrinth and you need the help from indigenous people.

Bridge across the Mekong Delta branch

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:45:10 +0000

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A busy traffic over this bridge. It was the point to get on the rowboat to the floating market

South Vietnamese musican trio

nobody@ipernity.com (Wolfgang) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:46:19 +0000

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Compared with the harmony music we enjoyed in the university of Hanoi this songs takes getting used to western ears. My first impression was like "tasting strong acid in the song". The guitarist playing the percussion bell at the same time with his guitar.