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I went to the Mekong river delta today.  I really liked going to the islands and seeing the farming life.  People were so densely packed together and farming everything. They made pools to farm fish, special cages to farm snakes, and hives to farm honey.

(me looking a little less than certain that touching the snake is a good idea)

No piece of land was left uncultivated.  Every tree grew some sort of fruit and they grew so closely together, we had to follow tiny little paths to get from one place to another.  The islands are criss-crosses by little canals - partly natural and partly man-made.  They're very helpful for the people who live here because they made transport of produce much easier.  As you can see, they take little canoes along the canals. 

(Phuong, the woman who owned the boat and other boaters....)

Out on the river, the boats, mostly fishing boats, are much bigger.  They all had eyes on the front to symbolically watch out danger and, also, according to Phuong, to scare away crocodiles.