You Can Take the Boy Out of The Country But...

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You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy.

This proverb is true to me. I was born and grew up in Can Tho, a city in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam and moved to Australia when I was at my late 20. I love both countries for different reasons and consider them my homelands. Now my life has settled in this beautiful country and I love it wholeheartedly but I have to say nowhere in the world could make me feel the same way when it comes to my childhood and fatherland. For that reason, even now living in a modern society, my subconscious love for Vietnam is nothing different if not stronger after years. I love and miss the simple and relaxing lifestyle of farmers in a rural village, a purely friendliness of neighbours, a no plastic wrapping or container market. I miss bamboo bridges, a liitle boat quietly passing by on a peaceful channel in a sunny afternoon under the shade of water-coconut trees… nothing can replace those memories. I try my best to come back and visit my hometown as often as I can and if I am not there physically I usually go online to find photos of Vietnam to look at them so I can feel so much close to my fatherland. I was strolling on internet the other day and found these pics of Vietnam. I would like to quickly show you a glance of my fatherland. All photos are credited to Amazing Vietnam and Vietnam Travel.

Thanks for listening to my story everyone. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Love you all

Rice fields or rice peddies in a mountainous province in the North of Vietnam. Doesn't it look like a painting?
Rice fields or rice peddies in a mountainous province in the North of Vietnam. Doesn't it look like a painting?720×504 129 KB

Floating market in Cai Rang. This is a very typucal cultural feature of the Mekong Delta everyday life. Mekong Delta has a rich river system that it was known kids in the Delta learn to swim before they learn to walk. Floating markets are everywhere. You can buy pretty much everything for your basic everyday needs. However fruit and vegetable seem to be the main trading goods. Boats carrying all sorts of fruit, vegetable and flower. They advertise what they sell by hanging their sampling items on a bamboo pole as you can see. You can also buy breakfast, lunch during the trading time. I was born and grew up just on the bank of this river. It is called Cai Rang river
Floating market in Cai Rang. This is a very typucal cultural feature of the Mekong Delta everyday life. Mekong Delta has a rich river system that it was known kids in the Delta learn to swim before they learn to walk. Floating markets are everywhere. You can buy pretty much everything for your basic everyday needs. However fruit and vegetable seem to be the main trading goods. Boats carrying all sorts of fruit, vegetable and flower. They advertise what they sell by hanging their sampling items on a bamboo pole as you can see. You can also buy breakfast, lunch during the trading time. I was born and grew up just on the bank of this river. It is called Cai Rang river720×900 315 KB

A lady walking on a bamboo bridge over a channel full of giant lotus leaves. She is dressing in Ao Dai, a very traditional dress for Vietnamese women.
A lady walking on a bamboo bridge over a channel full of giant lotus leaves. She is dressing in Ao Dai, a very traditional dress for Vietnamese women.720×836 246 KB

Phong Nha Ke Bang cave is one of the many spectacular caves in the Central Vietnam. Many of them are listed in UNICEF World Heritage Book.
Phong Nha Ke Bang cave is one of the many spectacular caves in the Central Vietnam. Many of them are listed in UNICEF World Heritage Book.720×900 245 KB

The first thing comes to my mind is the image of my Mother coming home from the market after a trading day.
The first thing comes to my mind is the image of my Mother coming home from the market after a trading day.720×480 16.2 KB

190525_094041_compress6.jpgFloating market in Cai Rang. This is a very typucal cultural feature of the Mekong Delta everyday life. Mekong Delta has a rich river system that it was known kids in the Delta learn to swim before they learn to walk. Floating markets are everywhere. You can buy pretty much everything for your basic everyday needs. However fruit and vegetable seem to be the main trading goods. Boats carrying all sorts of fruit, vegetable and flower. They advertise what they sell by hanging their sampling items on a bamboo pole as you can see. You can also buy breakfast, lunch during the trading time. I was born and grew up just on the bank of this river. It is called Cai Rang river
190525_094041_compress6.jpgFloating market in Cai Rang. This is a very typucal cultural feature of the Mekong Delta everyday life. Mekong Delta has a rich river system that it was known kids in the Delta learn to swim before they learn to walk. Floating markets are everywhere. You can buy pretty much everything for your basic everyday needs. However fruit and vegetable seem to be the main trading goods. Boats carrying all sorts of fruit, vegetable and flower. They advertise what they sell by hanging their sampling items on a bamboo pole as you can see. You can also buy breakfast, lunch during the trading time. I was born and grew up just on the bank of this river. It is called Cai Rang river720×900 315 KB

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@locbuuloc Beautiful photos and very interesting narration. Yes, childhood is very interesting and you will never forget it. Here you are raising a nice question. What do you mean by living in modern society? I would prefer to live in a village where I can feel happiness. What do you think?

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Hello @AnuradhaP thank you for your lovely comment. I absolutely agree with you about that. I even think of going back where I am from when I am older so I can be happier. Love your words. Regards

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All the 5 photo’s really seems to be a painting @locbuuloc .

Father or Mother which is first n best, can’t answer?

Like your Vietnam or Australia you are finding like a pendulum !!!

Definitely nature and childhood memories will come in mind always.

Vietnam looking beautiful by your photos. Thanks for sharing @locbuuloc .

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Hi @locbuuloc thanks for sharing this post very well explained and with good pictures… Good work…

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Thank you @Selvamani_R for your very profound comnents and feedback. You are right about nature and childhood memories. It is even so when we get older. Love your words. Regards

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Helli @JMD9 and thank you for your lovely feedback. Have a wonderful day. Regards

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Hello @user_not_found Vietnam is a developing country where things have begun changing fast. However it is still quite natural and not expensive yet. Things are cheap compared to many parts of the world. I think you can make it. Love your words. Regards

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OMG… Vietnam is so beautiful … thanks for sharing such nice faces of Vietnam … I wish to visit there once in my life.

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Thanks @Garg_Saab . Love your words. Cheers

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Hi @locbuuloc

Perfect pictures of interesting country.

Regards from Slovakia.

Karol

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Excellent photography with detail information @locbuuloc

#LetsGuide

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Hello @KarolT thank you. Hope you have a nice weekend. Regards

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Hi @MdAtikuzzamanLimon thank you for your lovely feedback. Enjoy your weekend. Cheers

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You are welcome @locbuuloc

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@locbuuloc super pics and good article

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@Kousalya thank you very much. Have a nice weekend. Regards

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@locbuuloc Thanls and you too have a nice weekend

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Hello, @locbuuloc

I love all your photos. Well composed and very nice colors.

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