Vietnam River Cruise 2019
18-Feb to 5-Mar
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Vietnam River Cruise 2019
18-Feb to 5-Mar(Back to Vietnam River Cruise)
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Saturday, Feb-23 Colorful markets, Charming Locals, and Cotton Weavers DISCOVERY: In Chau Doc take a Guided Walk through the local market and absorb the atmosphere as locals are busy buying and selling fish, meat, and produce. Embark on a River Excursion down the backwaters of the Mekong. Along the way, see traditional floating homes, speedboat merchants, religious sites, a market selling dried goods, and more. DISCOVERY: After lunch, a sampan brings you to the village of Long Khanh a for a Cotton-Weaving Demonstration of a wellpreserved artisan’s tradition. Return to the ship to set sail for the Cambodian border. Evening / Overnight Cruise to Phnom Penh
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Floating Homes
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Homes on stilts Because the level of the river can vary more than 30ft between the rainy and dry seasons the homes must be built above the highest water level. |
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Sam Mountain Sam mountain is the location of an important religious site. Since we visited this just after the TET New Year it was very very busy. |
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Around the Temple We were allowed to enter the temple after removing our hats and shoes. We were not allowed to take photos within the Temple. Outside the Temple vendors sold offerings for people to give to the Temple Monks. Offerings such as this pig would be devided with 1/4 for their needs and 3/4 given to familys in need within the city. |
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Lion at the Temple entrance
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Buffalo A group of buffalo was noted so we made a short stop on the canal bank. |
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Harvesting Rice While stopped we were able to view a Rice Paddy being harvested. |
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Local Market Walking through a local market we found a very wide varity of food available for sale. This included fish, meat and produce. |
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Temple Celebration Preparation
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Avalon Saigon At the end of the excursion we returned to the Avalon Saigon for lunch. |
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Women washing shoes
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Long Khanh A Achievment This sign is indicating that the village of "Long Khanh A" has received an Award for the quality of the village. This community has exhibited the best qualities for a Vietnam community. One of the requirements for this award is that they have NO crime. |
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102 years old We were introduced to this 102 year old man. |
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Small Local Store
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Weaving Scarfs Here a woman was weaving using a 2 harness loom. |
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Mechanized looms In the same building they had several mechanized looms that are used to commercially weave the popular scarfs. |
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Depart for Phnom Penh, Cambodia
After returning to the Avalom Saigon we set sail for the Cambodian boarder and then on to Phnom Penh. |
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