Saturday morning we arrived at Sa Dec and were taken ashore on a local boat. We walked through the local market — wholesale, I think, as there were huge quantities of everything.
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| Boats waiting for passengers |
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| View of Sa Dec shorefront |
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| Boat with eyes to ward off crocodiles (there are none any more); fishing boats don't have them in order to not scare the fish away. |
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| Cart of coconuts |
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| Market shrimp |
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| Market snails |
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| Market fish |
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| Dragonfruit -- we have this often and it is tasty |
We visited a colonial home where the author Marguerite Duras’s Chinese lover lived She is a well-known French author born in Saigon. The movie “The Lover” is based on her book.
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Chinaman's House
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We had some time to wait for the French group to return, and I was happy to find a seat outside the house. It also had a “Happy Room” where we could use the facilities.
In the afternoon I begged off and relaxed on the boat. The others visited a brick and pottery factory, a fruit tree nursery and saw the making of various sweets and rice paper.
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