{"id":26503,"date":"2015-12-18T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=26503"},"modified":"2015-12-18T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T09:00:14","slug":"friday-file-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26503","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: A Market In Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a country such as Vietnam, markets are far more than tourist attractions; they are the lifeblood of its people, who depend on catches of the day and main courses that North Americans regard as delicacies for their survival. For locals, every day is market day, sometimes without closures. Fellow cruisers on AmaWaterways\u2019<\/a> new river ship AmaDara<\/a> had an opportunity to visit this Cai De market, not far from Ho Chi Minh City<\/a>, and to photograph its contents and its people\u2026<\/p>\n

\"1-dozens<\/a><\/p>\n

Southeast Asia seems to have as many types of rice as it has dialects<\/i><\/b><\/span>.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"2-a<\/a><\/p>\n

Markets are family affairs for vendors, and the youngest learn that early<\/i><\/b><\/span>.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"3-yep...those<\/a><\/p>\n

To the question \u201cAre those what I think they are?\u201d the answer is \u201cYes \u2014 rats.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"4-winning<\/a><\/p>\n

A friendly wave and winning smile, trademarks of the Vietnamese people.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"5-the<\/a><\/p>\n

The dollar store of Cai De\u2019s market, on the shores of the Mekong River.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"6-Live<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, those are chickens and they\u2019re alive only until winding up on a plate.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"7-Vietnamese<\/a><\/p>\n

Beneath the conical hat\u2019s perfect cone is a woman happy at work in the market.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"8-even<\/a><\/p>\n

This was a surprise but maybe shouldn\u2019t have been \u2014 games of chance sold here.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"9-If<\/a><\/p>\n

If Cai De had an award for coolest socks, chances are this would be a winner.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

\u2022 Explorer of the Seas rocked with tornado-like winds off Australian coast
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In a country such as Vietnam, markets are far more than tourist attractions; they are the lifeblood of its people, who depend on catches of the day and main courses that North Americans regard as delicacies for their survival. For locals, every day is market day, sometimes without closures. Fellow cruisers on AmaWaterways\u2019 new river… Continue reading Friday File: A Market In Vietnam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,15],"tags":[45,2081,1290,2078,2167,912,72,819,35,41,23,163,2168,2083,26,27,43],"class_list":["post-26503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-stories","tag-alaska","tag-amadara","tag-amawaterways","tag-asia-river-cruises","tag-cai-de","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-ho-chi-minh-city","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-noordam","tag-markets","tag-mekong-river","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-vietnam","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}