CON PHUNG ISLAND, MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM
The Con Phung Island (Phoenix Island) is part of Ben Tre Province and is across the Mekong River from My Tho. This island used to be a commune for the "Coconut Monk" (Ong Dao Dua). It is an island with lots of natural canals, Vietnamese cottage industries, snake farm, coconuts and water palms. In this island I was able to go and peek insi ...
Updated: Jul 17, 2007 6:26pm PST
My Tho is only 75 kms.south of Ho Chi Min City. It is a river city being right beside the Mekong River in the vast Mekong Delta. The images you see here are just a few of the images taken before we reached downtown My Tho. It is a rest area in a park like setting. The restaurant here serves excellent food. There is no name to the place. T ...
Updated: Mar 10, 2007 7:34pm PST
The Mekong River is the 13th. longest river in the world. It starts in Tibet then runs through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It outflows into Mekong Bay in Vietnam.
Updated: Mar 11, 2007 10:01am PST
STREETS OF HO CHI MIN, VIETNAM
These are mostly street photos in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. These were taken in January 2007. Ho Chi Min is a city where the two wheeled vehicles greatly outnumbered the four wheelers and where crossing the city streets is an adventure in itself. A separate gallery is shown for the NOTRE DAME CHURCH in Ho Chi Min City Ho Chi Min is ...
Updated: Mar 10, 2007 9:39am PST