Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Report # 69 Phu My (Ho Chi Minh), Vietnam March 9, 2016 Wednesday Sunny & 95 degrees 63 Pictures Part #2 of 2 SAILAWAY


Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 2:31:08 PM
Subject:  Report # 69   Phu My  (Ho Chi Minh), Vietnam   March 9, 2016   Wednesday   Sunny & 95 degrees     63 Pictures   Part #2 of 2      SAILAWAY

 

More photos to enjoy………..

 

 

The building by the gate

 

Hillsides of Phu My in the distance

 

Buses waiting for passengers

 

The dock and the river

 

Huge river port

 

Heo and Greg getting back from their day in Ho Chi Minh

 

The view from the ship

 

Hillsides

 

Beyond the port

 

Back cabin of the riverboat

 

The pier gate

 

Local police

 

Working the riverboat

 

Typical dock worker – check the shoes

 

The garden of pots on the aft deck

 

Forty-eight containers on the way to wherever

 

Many cranes loading

 

A drydock for ship repair

 

Dredging

 

More containers being shipped

 

A city in the distance, but not Ho Chi Minh

 

Thousands of containers

 

Dockyards

 

Ready for the sail away party

 

Watching the loading process

 

A tugboat

 

Transporting wire

 

There goes the sun

 

More cargo

 

River boat

 

Sunset was at 6pm

 

The tug helping

 

Good size boat

 

Hot sun

 

Red-orange because of the haze

 

Chicken skewers anyone?

 

More traffic

 

Many cranes

 

A strange sight

 

As seen through the river haze

 

Done

 

Transporting sand

 

Refinery

 

Leaving the pier

 

Large ship

 

Busy even in the evening

 

Houseboat?

 

Or working boat?

 

Muddy shoreline

 

Not sure what he is doing

 

Mangroves on the river

 

Houseboats

 

A factory

 

Strange vessels

 

River life

 

Long sleek boat

 

Last of the party-goers

 

Time for the flags to come down

 

Lights on

 

Looks nice at  night

 

Even better at night

 

Not exactly Hong Kong

 

Not China

 

Definitely, not Africa