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Tag: Vietnam
Civilized Street, Hoi An, Vietnam
Floating Market, Chau Doc, Vietnam
Between the north and south shores of the Bassac River as it flows by the city of Châu Đốc, there is a floating wholesale market every day. Ethnic Cham people who live on the north bank of the river bring fruits and vegetables from their farms to the market. Ethnic Vietnamese townspeople from Châu Đốc on the south side of the river buy produce for sale in land borne retail markets in the city.
Fishing on the River, Vietnam
The family in the photo is fishing in the Bassac River as is flows through Châu Đốc, a Vietnamese city of about 160,000 people on the country’s border with Cambodia. These are ethnic Cham people who live in a village built on the water – the houses in the photo are part of the village. For close to 1000 years Cham kingdoms controlled much of what is today central and southern Vietnam. As ethnic Vietnamese expanded south from the Red River area around Hanoi – the original home of Vietnamese civilization – there was both interaction and conflict between the Cham and the Vietnamese. The Vietnamese eventually prevailed, destroying the last Cham kingdom and assimilating the Cham people into the rather complicated ethnic mix that today makes up the population of modern Vietnam.
The Summit, Son Tra, Da Nang
Fire Breathing Dragon, Da Nang
The Dragon Bridge breathes fire every Saturday evening. The weekly event is a regular crowd pleaser, with plenty of people – local and tourists – showing up each week for drinks and a bite to eat while they watch the show.
Bougainvillea, Da Nang
The bougainvillea blossom at this time of year in Da Nang. Bougainvillea plants come in a variety of shapes and sizes. This stately tree is near my home.
Da Nang Bay, Vietnam
Late Afternoon along the Han River
Sunset, Da Nang, Vietnam
I haven’t been walking around with my camera as much as usual recently, but I still have quite a few images from the last several months. I come home with the pictures, upload them to the computer, work on several in Photoshop, then forget about them. This won’t do. Time to post some of this work. From the last six months or so, in no special order. Here is a photo of a Da Nang sunset in January of this year, from the roof of my building.
