Stayed in Ninh Binh for a couple of days, went to the Halong Bay of the Central plains,.Was shown around an amazing landscape of likestone/Karst cliffs and rivers by a lady rowing with her feet!
It was a surreal thing to watch, as she did and eggbeater kind of motion and propelled us through the water.
I will upload some video of it soon!
The river goes through 3 or 4 limestone caves that have been cut out of the rock by the water!
There are always the ladies in sampans selling you a coke or fruit or anything you can think of (imagine your local dairy/supermarket on a small boat) very useful at times
Most of the people on the river were Vietnamese as it is the summer holiday season, so i stood out like a sore thumb
Along the shore there were rice paddies and farmers working hard to make a very poor living. I think many people in Vietnam are at this level (just getting by and no more, there are certainly a wealthy middle class but the poor are a majority.
As we came around a corner i saw two young boys neck deep in the muddy water, with a floating basket attached to their hats, they were hunting for the tini snails that are all over the paddies and rivers and are roasted with spices and sold on the street, alot of hard work for a very little $, but i think this is how it is.
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