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 A veggies market by SirRichard
I use to ask the names of the strangest ones and then try to ask for it at the restaurants and so find what they taste like, though is often hard, as they usually come in an assorted veggies dish, so you can't appreciate the flavour of a single element... Leave a Comment
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 atmospheric My Son by richiecdisc
My Son is easily visited as a day trip from Hoi An and the cheapest, though a bit rushed, way is to take a tour bus for as little as $2. Alternatively, you can hire a car and driver for $20 if you want to have the place nearly to yourself. Leave a Comment
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 nice, uh? by SirRichard
There are of course some international items (Sunsilk, Nestle...) but some little local products are really interesting, and most totally unknown for me. I tried a can of watermelon drink and I found it delicious, though it was the first time I saw a similar drink... Leave a Comment
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Vietnam. by nickyte
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 by we2364
It is true that the price of many guesthouses and hotels are all double than the past. There are just tons of vietnamese people swarming into the town to see the festival. But you also have many chances than ever before to deeply get immersed with Vietnamese culture, which there is only one time a year.
In this pavilion, a scarlet just pierces into my eyes in the dark night with the music vibrating out from its inside. A western DJ plays a modern electronic drum and several locals play traditional music instruments, which creating an overwhelming mixture between western and oriental music.
Nationality and music, always the word to speak with the world. Leave a Comment
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 by we2364
It is the one now hardly seen in many Chinese cities and towns, but i feel fortunated to watch this during the festival.
When the game starts, all the men boats at the same time with the same direction. At the same time, the crowd sitting on the bank waves for cheering all the teams on. Leave a Comment
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There are fifty ethnic minority groups, or Montagnards, in the mountainous regions of Vietnam. Most of them are in the northern half of the country.
The most important minority peoples include the Tay of whom there are 1.2 million, the Muong who number 900,00, the 700,000 Nung and the Hmong or Meo, of whom there are nearly half a million. They live high up in the mountains, mostly in the Lao and Chinese border zones. There are also 700,000 Khmers living near the Cambodian border.
Most of these minorites have their own languages and religions, including animism and ancestor worship. Some of them cultivate poppies and smoke opium pipes. They often have elaborate clothes, including embroidered sarongs and dresses and silver jewellery. Many live in wooden houses on stilts.
These pictures were taken at a Bru village in northern Quang Tri province. Leave a Comment
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 by iwys
This picture was taken from Dakrong Bridge, near the border with Laos. The Vietnamese guide pointed ahead and said, "There's the Ho Chi Minh Trail."
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was acually a a whole complex of thousands of miles of different trails, through the jungle along Vietnam's borders with Laos and Cambodia. It was used by the Vietcong from 1960 to 1975 for the movement of personnel and supplies. Leave a Comment
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 Pond toilet at Vinh Long by wonderif
My mother's family lives within the tribunaries of the Mekong Delta and I was lucky enough to have the change to experience her family's everyday life in Vinh Long, a province south of HCMC that took 3 hours on a minibus to get to.
As our long and narrow little motorised canoe disturbingly roared through the cool and calm river, I saw kids swimming, ladies doing their laundry, got a glimpse of another cooking in her river edge stilt house. I finally got to see the pretty purple Luc Binh water plants I so often heard in folk songs about this part of the world.
you wouldn't see this picture in an brochure that claims to let you see the "real" mekong delta would you?
I've been told that the government is trying to phase these out due to health and hygene concerns.
Anyway, this is not something pleasant to see or... smell... but I find it real and interesting and if you didn't know, there are fish in that home dug pond and they are there to consume anything that you leave behind.. of course the locals wouldn't eat these fish!!! Leave a Comment
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