Friday, October 22, 2010

Clarence Valley / Mekong Delta - A photo comparison

Street view

 Main street of Maclean, Clarence Valley. Note the number of cars
and the relatively ordered power lines.

 Trung Hung Dao Street, Soc Trang. No cars, just motorbikes
and bicycles. Also some pretty dodgy wiring.

Street art

 Maclean - the Scottish town in Australia.
A highland mural on a pub wall.

 Propoganda poster, Soc Trang. I don't know what this
says but it looks very patriotic and inspiring.

Putting telecommunications to good use

 Maclean shows its Scottish heritage through
tartan decorated telegraph poles.

 Soc Trang's communications tower (or "Eiffel Tower") is in a park in
the centre of town and has a giant television screen attached.

The river

The Clarence River - a lot muddier than usual due to heavy rain.

The Mekong River, Can Tho. Yep, that's a pretty
big river!

Cafe culture 

 Ferry Park cafe, Maclean. That mocha and peach and
raspberry bread looks so good!

 Cafe 121, Soc Trang. Iced coffee made with
condensed milk. So, so sweet...

Local wildlife

 A water dragon on the banks of the Clarence River.
I reckon it could take on the gecko/monster lizard.

 The gecko/monster lizard. It has nothing on the
water dragons of the Clarence River!

My favourite person...

 ...in the Clarence Valley it's Miff!

...in Soc Trang it's Dan.

(This last one was really just an excuse to post a picture of Miff!)

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