Thursday, December 20, 2007

Rub-a-dub dub, its a fishing tub


This is a traditional Vietnamese fishing boat. These are the boats that are used to catch the fish where the fish sauce comes from!
In the morning and evenings a whole group of these fishing tubs are strung together and led out to different spots on the sea by a motorized boat. The person working the fishing tub pulls in fishing nets cast earlier in the day and then the motorized boat hooks all of the tubs together and brings them ashore. Considering it is pretty wavy here on the South China Sea, I am not sure how the boats stay afloat and do not tip over. The vietnamese must be blessed with good balance and a lack of sea sickness.

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