Diane Snider Photos

Nha Trang has the surprising population of about 200,00 and is growing rapidly, growth being mentioned by a guide as being Vietnam's biggest problem throughout the entire country. The majority of Vietnamese people are involved in an agrarian way of life as farmers, fishermen, and foresters and do not really look forward to changing their ways to adjust to a growing commercial way of life. As several tour guides explained: "Our people want to live in rural areas on the ground with our own yards and grow our own foods.

The more time I spent watching the activity in this particular harbor, the more I thought about ants nests when they break open and the ants scurry in all directions at the same time. It seemed to me that was the way the ferry boats operated yet I didn't see any boat bump into another but wow, I certainly thought they would get in each other's way and have some collisions. And who would guess there would be a sky ride above all this harbor activity!