Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Cần Thơ
At the market in Cần Thơ
Market-woman steering her boat on the Hậu Giang ri…
View to Ben Ninh Kieu landmark at the Mekong Delta
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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The Mekong's Vietnamese name, Cuu Long, means Nine Dragons for the nine mouths that terminate the flow of this great river as it is absorbed by the sea. I was said that there are only eight arms into the sea, but one is a man made cannel to get the number nine.
Ben Ninh Kieu landmark
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Ben Ninh Kieu is probably the most well known landmark in Can Tho. The port lies on Hau Giang and crosses the city of Can Tho. The city opens to the water front where port Ninh Kieu is the focal point of all activities on the river. Frequent ferries carry passengers to Xom Chai island, just a short distance away and a beautiful sight at sunset.
At the market in Cần Thơ
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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The main market of Cần Thơ used to be located on Ninh Kiều pier, and be mostly an open market.
Bridge across the Mekong Delta branch
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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A busy traffic over this bridge. It was the point to get on the rowboat to the floating market
A small and shallow channel going to the floating…
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Its a great pleasure to raw through the hundreds small channels which connect the nine branches of the Mekong Delta. Its a net like a labyrinth and you need the help from indigenous people.
Rowing to the floating market
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Due the tide the water level was getting lower and lower. We had to hurry ton reach the big Mekong branch in time. Suddenly an heavy loaded barge blocks us to go on. We'd to step out into hip-high mud go reach the solid ground. In the meantime the oarsman and some helpers pulled the boat around the stranded barge. We reached the floating market in time.
Phung Hiep floating market
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu G…
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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There is a weird way of marketing the goods for sale at the market - "bẹo hàng". Sellers hang the samples of what they want to sell at the top of a long pole which is fixed at the bow of their boat, so buyers can spot in the distance what kinds of goods they can purchase from that boat.
Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu G…
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Cái Răng floating market is the main wholesale floating market near Cần Thơ.
Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu G…
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Buyers are local traders with bigger boats snapping everything by the bushels and resell at local markets or to wholesale dealers from big cities, often for a handsome profit.
Scene at the floating market Cái Răng on the Hậu G…
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Visitors will see thousands of small boats full of agricultural products from Western corners to form 1km long floating market. It's said to be a fruit-market of the Southern part and the market is cultural identity of the Mekong Delta.
Phung Hiep floating market
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Boats loaded with produce from nearby orchards of the Mekong Delta converge to the floating market. They carry mostly fruits but also coconuts, vegetables and fishes.
Phung Hiep floating market
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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Phung Hiep floating market
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Phung Hiep floating market
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Phung Hiep floating market
| 06 Nov 2008 |
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There is a weird way of marketing the goods for sale at the market - "bẹo hàng". Sellers hang the samples of what they want to sell at the top of a long pole which is fixed at the bow of their boat, so buyers can spot in the distance what kinds of goods they can purchase from that boat.
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