Leonie Dukes
Vietnam

Can Tho

27 June

Today was a boat trip including a trip to a couple of floating markets.  It was interesting, but with the improvement to roads in the area these markets have been shrinking and were quite small.  I did have a chance to walk around an archard and see a lot of the different tropical fruits growing.

Wholesale market
Pineapples. I got to try one and they were very good
They put things on top of the boat, or on long poles, to advertise what they are selling
Boat at the retail market
Families generally live on their boats, so do everything there.
Black pepper growing
We went home along some smaller canals
Lunch companion
Barge unloading rice

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