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Chau Doc : Refreshments offered on the boat trip from Cambodia to Chau Doc on the Mekong River.

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Chau Doc : A boy chases my bicycle rickshaw.

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Sam Mountain : A view of a small village as seen from the ascent of Sam Mountain. A cemetary is visible to the left of the village.

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Ba Chua Xu Temple : An old monk sits outside the temple.

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Ba Chua Xu Temple : Outside the temple two men enjoy a game of chess.

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Chau Doc : A curious boy wants to practice his English.

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Chau Doc : Waiting for the rain to stop.

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Chau Doc : A girl selling snacks by the side of the road.

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Near Cambodia-Vietnamese border : This woman is practically dwarfed by her load from the field.

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Near Cambodia-Vietnamese border : A boy carries the days work from the field.

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Near Cambodia-Vietnamese border : Mr. Young my motocycle driver. He took me all over the Vietnamese-Cambodian border area.

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Near Cambodia-Vietnamese border : Restaurant owner.

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Near Cambodia-Vietnamese border : A Khmer field worker. She makes less than $1 USD a day. Along the border there are many people of Khmer descent who fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge's reign.

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Sam Mountain : Sunset view from the top of Sam Mountain. Across the paddy fields is the border between Cambodia and Vietnam.

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Chau Doc : Woman at the fish farm.

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Cantho Floating Market : Waiting for the sunrise.

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Cantho Floating Market : Woman rowing through the market.

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Cantho Floating Market : "Please buy my vegetables".

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Cantho : Woman at the floating market in good spirits.

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Cantho Floating Market : A merchants wife taking a break on their boat.

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Cantho Floating Market : Old woman at the market.

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Cantho Floating Market : A curious boy looks out the window of his families boat.

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Cantho Floating Market : Sisters out for a ride.

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Dalat : The portrait and guitar of the famous artist Thay Vien Thuc of Dalat in his coffee shop.

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Dalat area, Lam Dong Province Chicken Village : The seamstress of the village.

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Dalat area, Lam Dong Province Chicken Village : Koho minority boy.

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Dalat area, Lam Dong Province Chicken Village : Young and old.

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Dalat : Clouds looming on the horizon over one of the surrounding towns.

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Dalat : One of the many markets located throughout Vietnam. Dalat is known for his selection of vegetables due to its milder climate.

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Dalat : Students playing volleyball at the university.

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On the road to Nhatrang : Low lying clouds hang over the valley.

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Nhatrang : Moored fishing boats.

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Nhatrang : Fisherman fighting the ocean trying to get back to his boat.

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Nhatrang : Boys playing on the beach.

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Nhatrang : Boats moored in the bay.

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Nhatrang : On the road leaving Nhatrang more fishing boats are seen to the left on the river.

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Central Highlands : Brickmakers.

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Central Highlands : A brickmaker moving a wheelbarrow full of bricks.

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Central Highlands :Even though the work is strenuous, this brickmaker can afford a smile.

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Central Highlands :Senior brickmaker.

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Central Highlands This brickmaker is exhausted and taking a break.

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Central Highlands : A minority village girl holds onto her mother for protection.

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Central Highlands : A minority village child rides along the back of his grandfather.

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Central Highlands : The boatwoman. All day long she pushes ferries across the lake.

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Central Highlands : Rice farmer's wife.

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Central Highlands : Rice farmer.

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Central Highlands : After a long day, women move the cattle off the fields.

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Central Highlands : Farmers walking home after a days work.

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Central Highlands : Peaceful crop fields covered in the haze.

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Central Highlands : A young orphan at the orphanage looks longingly for a new family.

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Central Highlands : Doing the laundry, rural style.

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Central Highlands : A farmer carrying home vegetables.

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Hoi An : The Piano.

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Hoi An : Sunset over Hoi An.

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Hoi An : Pots for sale at a pottery factory near the outskirts of town.

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Hoi An : Pottery worker.

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Hoi An : The garbage man.

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Hoi An : Taking a break.

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Hoi An : This looks hard to do.

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Hoi An : Father and daughter at the market.

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Hoi An : I have the candy!!! This girl was standing outside the covenience store with her mother, who wanted me to take a photo of her daughter.

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Hoi An : Ahhh... The good life.

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Hue : The main bridge in Hue is bustling with people in the late afternoon as they rush home for dinner.

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Hue(surrounding area) : Near the former DMZ a man walks his bike down the street.

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Hue(surrounding area) : Fog gathers in the hill valleys surrounding the former DMZ. Its hard to imagine that his area was once a battle ground.

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Hue : Every morning from my hotel room window I would hear this horrible scream as if someone was in pain. One day as I was walking outside after breakfast I heard the scream on the street. I turned around and saw his man. Apparently, that terrible scream is his call to let people know he is in the area selling bread.

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Hue : A woman fans the corn, getting ready to sell it to a customer.

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Hue : There aren't too many channels to choose from in my hotel room.

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Hue : One of the many doors to the Citadel.

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Hue : Hang, she worked at the hotel where I was staying and drove me around Hue.

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Hue : These children live in one of the many boats docked along the shore of the river.

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Hue : Empty cyclos parked near the river can only mean one thing. Its lunchtime and all the drivers are eating,smoking and drinking coffee.

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Hue(surrounding area) : Boys out on the river heading to town.

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Hue(surrounding area) : A deserted beach means its fall and the summer season is over.

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Hue : Woman waiting at the market.

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Hue : Mollusks for sale on the side of the road.

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Hue : Women washing the dishes, the laundry and themselves in the river.

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Hue : Under the bridge.

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Hanoi : Ah yes, Trung Nguyen my favorite coffee stop. Vietnamese coffee is the best I've ever had.

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Hanoi : The Tortoise Tower on the Hoan Kiem Lake in the old quarter.

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Hanoi : The bridge to the Ngoc Son temple at night over Hoan Kiem Lake.

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Hanoi : Burned out incense sticks in one of the temple alcoves.

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Hanoi : A fruit seller.

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Hanoi : Sunset on the Hoan Kiem Lake through the blowing trees.

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Sapa : A hazy morning awaits the town of Sapa in the mountains.

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Sapa : Tourism in Sapa is growing every year. Here construction workers are up early in the morning building another hotel.

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Sapa : By the late Fall, the rice paddy fields are mostly drained since the harvest for the year is over. They will become lush again next spring.

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Sapa : This woman belongs to the Black Hmong hill tribe. With the onslaught of tourists in recent years, many of the hill tribe people come to the town in hopes of selling their crafts and goods.