Chaos Around the Mekong Delta: Weekly Photo Challenge

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Wherever there are large numbers of people chaos in one form or another will be present.

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Whether on the waterway

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in the housing

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or the market places

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both water markets

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and land based

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But perhaps the most evident chaos of all is on the roads.

In response to Weekly Photo Challenge

About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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11 Responses to Chaos Around the Mekong Delta: Weekly Photo Challenge

  1. macmsue says:
    November 5, 2016 at 9:02 am

    Perfect images for the theme. Asian cities always seem chaotic to me yet the locals are apparently oblivious of the traffic, crowds and noise.

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    • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
      November 6, 2016 at 6:06 pm

      Yes we watched a toddler crossing the road in his car that he moved with his feet. It was so low to the ground but he did it fearlessly and no-one around seemed at all worried about this kid. Me, at the same place in the road, decided to walk some distance to lights where I thought it was marginally safer to cross. I didn’t have the courage.

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  3. Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    November 5, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    Thanks for the wonderful photo essay – a very crowded place, but so interesting.

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  5. Still the Lucky Few says:
    November 6, 2016 at 10:55 am

    We think it’s chaos, but the people in the midst of it seem to know what they are supposed to be doing. It’s a question of survival, I think.

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