Travel By Water, Northern Vietnam
With navigable waterways stretching over 17,000km, Northern Vietnam has developed a sustainable form of transportation without ever setting foot on solid ground. The waterways opened up a world in ways such as connecting rural populations isolated by demographics with each other, widening trading routes and providing a floating market style economy.
Furthermore, cultural as well as ecotourism in Vietnam has become a possibility, offering some what unique tours of otherwise unreachable waterways where rural communities and ethnic minorities become more accessible if willing to do so.
Copyright Jennifer Campos 2010
