Travels in Vietnam (1996) 4/14

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Both devotees and tourists
are drawn by the
extravagant colours and
rich ornamentation
 
The baroque details are
almost overwhelming.

Every brave ideology needs
a hero on a white horse.
Cao Dai too.
The mighty Mekong River
goes out to sea.
 
The Mekong Delta is full of
fetid backwaters 

A Mekong riverboat at
home with the mosquitoes
and enveloping shrubbery
River commerce is critical
for people living in the Delta

Hanging out to dry. Mekong
Delta houses. This is the
most densely populated
part of rural Vietnam

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