Diane Snider Photos

Chances are what you noticed first in this photo are the scarves the women are both wearing across their face. You'll see this on about 99% of Vietnam's women who ride motorcycles and/or bicycles because they wish to protect their face from the grit and dirt blown up from all the roadways they ride on. Some scarves are of gorgeous silk and tied fashionably, others are of screaming colors and fastened by loops over the ears, and some are pinned - you'll note many different types, all of which can be pulled down easily to allow the wearers immediate access to easier eating and talking.

I thought for sure the basket of fish and the pail would fall off as she rode away from the ferry/bus station area but no, she had them both firmly secured and she roared off successfully with her load.

Those of you who enjoy photography will find this temple - and actually likely all other temples as well - great places for taking enjoyable photos that will be interesting to you and your friends. Photos will keep your visit here and everywhere else alive in your thought for so very much longer than if you did not have them to enjoy seeing. Be sure and take your camera!

In the background of this photo, a walker/wheelchair is visible "parked" out of the way with the villagers' motorcycles. It is not locally owned but belongs to a traveler who didn't want to miss out on any of the cruise ship's various tours to visit this interesting village as well as other points of interest here and in the various other countries included on this cruise.