Photography by Joe Briscoe
(all photos are unaltered)
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| ALTHOUGH dengue fever, malaria and schistosomiasis are present throughout the Mekong Delta, the river remains the centre of life for many families (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| A TYPICAL home along the banks of the Mekong River, close to the Vietnamese border with Cambodia (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| MOST families along the Mekong own little more than a small wooden hut and a boat (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| THE SCENERY: Constantly reminiscent of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, or Stone's Platoon (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| VIETNAM continues to masquerade proudly as a communist state (Ho Chi Minh, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| WITH money scarce, any opportunity to earn extra by plying a trade on the streets is gladly taken (Ho Chi Minh, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| THE SEEDY side to Ho Chi Minh City comes alive at night, but interestingly most people still refer to the old Southern capital as Saigon (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| THE FURTHER you go, the more tranquil the river becomes. But Captain Willard's words remind you; "never get out of the boat" (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| THE REUNIFICATION express - following the coast from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city - is as exhilirating a rail journey as you'll likely find (Vietnam, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| POVERTY along the Mekong becomes more visible the further away from Ho Chi Minh you travel (2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| A DUSTY and unguarded road forms the Mekong border crossing between Vietnam and Cambodia (2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| A TOWER of skulls comprises a haunting memorial at the Killing Fields, just outside Phnom Penh (Cambodia, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
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| THE FACES of those tortured and murdered at the infamous S21 camp stare from the photograph gallery. In other rooms are drawings of the atrocities which took place there (Cambodia, 2008). Photo by Joe Briscoe. |
