While on a Viking River Cruise through Vietnam, my wife and I stopped at several fascinating villages along the Mekong River, allowing us to get a glimpse into daily life along this “Mother River of Southeast Asia.”
It seemed to me as if many of these villages were frozen in time, for it was a return to former, traditional farming and fishing practices. Many of the locals live in simple stilted houses along the waterway and travel from place to place by way of their small boats, past floating water hyacinths and a plethora of rice fields. The Mekong serves as their main highway, primary food provider, washing machine, and bath house.
