Can Tho floating market

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This morning we left our hotel by boat for the Can Tho floating market. Words can barely do justice to the bustle and life that we witnessed and I recommend that you see our photo set on Flickr™. Wares are advertised by examples being strung from the top of a bamboo pole so that all can identify the boat they need to buy their melons, their turnips or their candies.

The authorities were out sticking trading licences to the side of the boats. A lone European tourist was canoeing amongst the jostling craft, much to the amusement of the traders. We bought a couple of cans of cold drink from a young boy out on a boat with his mother, all without our boat slowing!

The streets were also fascinating with shops that specialised in very narrow lines - loudspeakers, stoves, hardware. We found a large statue of "Uncle Ho" - Ho Chi Minh.

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Photos

Cold drink seller
This little boy's mother manoeuvred her boat alongside ours whilst we were ploughing along at about five knots whilst her young son sold us some drinks