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Produce on its way to market.
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Unloading produce from a small boat.
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A lovely church in the village.
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Houses and shops are built on stilts, facing the water.
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Why do the boats have eyes? Why, to see of course. If your boat didn’t have eyes, then how would you avoid other boats in the dark? Apparently the Vietnamese people are very superstitious.
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A house on stilts next to the water. Roughly 25% of the people of Vietnam live in the Mekong Delta.
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Grapefruit. We tasted some, it looked like our grapefruit but was much sweeter.
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We walked through part of the village. We passed a cemetery along the way. This was part of a property owned by a wealthy family.
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This woman was collecting firewood to sell. Most people use firewood for cooking, so she can make her living selling it.
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Every house has a small shrine out in front.
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This little boy saw our group and ran out to say hello.