typical mekong river boats that sell goods
boats with faces
boats with faces ply the ocean while the others do not. this is because the face is assumed to guard them from monsters of the ocean. these boats are never used in the river because they believe that when the small fishes look up and see the face, they might ran away and the fisherman won't have any catch at all.
boat with a face
Tom, the tour guide, displaying the bees from which our drinks came from
snake wine for sale
wonder how one puts a large snake in a small bottle? well here's the answer. the snakes are dried and when they become flat or small, they are placed inside the bottle followed by the rice wine. the liquid will then later be absorbed by the snake and it goes back to its original size.
monkey display made of coconut. we also have this in the philippines.
my ignorance has been lessened. so this is the dragon fruit tree!
anni and i tried the snake wine! eeewwww!
and this is where what we drank came from!
upon closer inspection, there's a chicken atop the snake in the container!
double eeewwww!
opening a coconut
they say that this device is also available in the philippines but i've never seen one so i just had to take a picture of it!
making the coconut candy. it tastes better when it's warm.
stores along the river
a faced boat transporting rice
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