This floating market 水上市场/漂市, or more like village, spreads out along the eastern bank of Mekong River in Long Xuyen.
Long Xuyen (龙川; formally called Thủ Đông Xuyên) is the capital of An Giang province 安江省, in the Mekong Delta region of south-western Vietnam. The backdrop is newly built or in the process of building, low rise apartment buildings.
Ships need eyes -:)
Many boats look a like, which were built with the durable mahogany woods that they paint it with tar at the end of each year. Many of them live on their boat year around. Their children go to school on land, ferry to shore by small boat. People are very friendly.
The guide lives 40 miles (65 km) from here, who showed us some boats where he purchased, we also get to visit one of the boathome.
We also visited a boat, the owner has a 12 years old daughter who’s at school. The owner treated us to juicy watermelon. Our only question is, what do we do with the seeds and rind.
“It’s organic, throw into the water.” Buffalo said.
The guide served us coconuts and pineapple on the boat. He cut off a small piece to use as spoon, to scrape off the white flesh, which is very yummy.
After the market, we continued on the Mekong, passing by a Catholic Church Giáo Xứ Mỹ Thạnh/My Thanh, (Google Maps). Mỹ Thạnh is a commune (xã) / village of Long Xuyen: population 26,100 (2019); and the culvert bridge (涵洞桥?), a little over a mile down south.
The broad walk along The Atlantic Ocean in Hollywood is a very nice place to jog, to run, to cycle on the bike lane, or to the beach. The west side is lined with restaurants, such as Venice and Margetaville Cafe, and of course the shops, and the east side is the water. The promenade is pretty long. Below Polk Street, is the South Broadwalk.
Street, is the South Broadwalk.We’re there during the spring break, with many events going on, such as Miami Open, surprisingly it’s not crowded, with a hint of tranquility; unlike Venice Beach in LA, which is a turn off …
The beach is clean. The garbage cans are sand color crooks like flower pots (are they?). They power wash the sections of the walk. Every time I’m out there on the beach, I see police cruise on the beach on the sand wheels vehicles. A very relaxed area that I’d return again.
Two miles south of Ft Lauderdale on the Sea, this small park has limited pay-to-park parking spots. When we’re there on Monday afternoon, we see a couple of empty spaces.
Driving through residential streets, to get to the clean beach, which is pretty empty. People come here to dive and snorkeling too.
This was taken at Sand Key Park at 8:07am. Reportedly, they do that dive before 9am when they’re hungry.
Watching pelicans thrusting their heads into water to catch their preys, always remind me of Japanese kamikaze – suicide bombers – in the WW II. The difference is, pelicans generally catch their prey, and the Japanese pilots – as human bombers, generally died.
Did middle eastern terrorists learn using humans as bombers from Japan?
NIH: terrorism-related attacks in E Asia from 1970
Tampa RiverWalk is a 2.6 miles long open space pedestrian trail along the Hillsborough River. The part we go often is from ArmatureWorks (where we park and dine) to Straz (concerts and shows), which is 0.8 miles, and is a good place to watch sunset. It’s serene and scenic.
Skateboards, bikers, strollers and dogs are part of the crowds on the trail, and taxis, tiki boats, jet skis fill the river.
Below you is Glen Creek, which begins on Sugar Hill nearly ten miles from here.
Across from you, the water of Rainbow Falls is one of many springs and brooks that feed Glen Creek on its trip to Seneca Lake. It may take 25 years for the water flowing by you today to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Can you trace the water’s northeast journey?
Watkins Glen is a NYS park in a small town which is famous for auto racing – the only one of two (or a few?) that Nascar isn’t run on the oval track. More pix here
Golfer told me that we hiked here 20+ years ago, pre-parents era but I had no recollection. A park this stunning, especially with water, I should at least remember some part of it?
(not sure what went wrong: the WordPress or my T2i camera – can’t get the portrait to post right and many shots are portrait…)
This state park is nothing short of spectacular. The entrance is on the little town’s Main Street. It’s a beautiful Saturday and the Main Street was jammed with traffic.
The combination of soft water and hard stone creates mystic and romance. One is flowing constantly and one solid unyielding.
The park prohibits dogs but few owners managed to come with their companions.
There is a graveyard. A few graves have fake flowers.
Parking is $8, which allows the access to the top parking too. There is a shuttle ($3.00) to take the hiker down to the main entrance should one requires. Beer (mostly local brew) at the top store cost $4.
There is a camp ground (a wedding was going on, catered by Corning Cater) with out door pools.
Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacial finger lakes in up state New York. It’s a little less than 38 miles (61 km) in length, north ends in Geneva and south at Watkins Glen. .
The water is very clear and cool. A perfect condition for swimming. I’ve my compete swimming gears: suit, cap and gaggles. The widest’s width of the lake is 1.8 miles (3 km). However I didn’t know the local rule for swimming. It would be my regret for years to come.
