Life Along the Waterways

Scenes depicting daily life on rivers and floating markets, with people interacting, selling goods, and navigating traditional boats.

Peru, Amazon, Amazon River. The floating village of Belen, Iquitos.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, the 2021-10-22. Daily life in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Bangladesh, Dacca, le 2021-10-22. Vie quotidienne a Dacca, capitale du Bangladesh. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Vietnam, Mekong River Delta, Cai Rang, near Can Tho, people selling tomatoes from boat in floating market

boatman in Ganga River at Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Cambodia, Khett Siem Reab, Siem Reap. A woman sells coffee from the boat in the floating village on the Tonle Sap Lake.

Peru, Amazon, Amazon River. The floating village of Belen, Iquitos.

A fisherman casts a net on Taungthaman Lake near Mandalay in Myanmar

Vietnam, Da Nang, Hoi An. Important trading port from the 15th-19th century located on the Thu Bon River. Everyday life along Bach Dang street. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Koh Trong Island. Floating Vietnamese fishing village at the southern tip island across the Mekong River from Kratie, Cambodia.

Village before reaching Tonle Sap Lake. Houseboats and boats in Sangker River. Journey from Battambang to Siemp Reap. The cruise from Siem Reap to Battambang by our wooden boat takes about 6 to 7 hours from August to February. During the dry season-from March to July, the transfer can take 9 hours due to the low level of water. If the water level is to low, we will operate the journey from Siem Reap to Battambang by road with a visit to the secluded temple Bantey Chmar. Take note that the best s

Myanmar, Burma, Lake Inle. A group of Intha women paddling their flat-bottomed wooden boats to market with typical Intha houses on stilts in the background.

Fishing Boats In The Harbour And A Young Man And Old Man Conversing On Boat Near Cheung Chau Island; Hong Kong, China

In Vietnamese ha long means descending dragon’, and legend has it that Halong Bay was formed by a gigantic dragon which plunged into the Gulf of Tonkin, creating thousands of limestone outcrops by the lashing of its tail. Geologists tend to dismiss this theory, arguing that the myriad islands that dot Halong Bay and extend all the way north to the Chinese frontier are the product of selective erosion of the seabed over millennia.

Landing and selling the catch in the early morning. Mui Ne, Bhin Thuan Province. Vietnam, Indochina, South East Asia. Orient. Asia.

Intha woman with a basket on her head crossing the bridge over the Nan Chaung main canal, Nyaungshwe or Nyaung Shwe, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia

Khulna, Bangladesh - 13 July 2025: View of a weathered wooden boat pulled to the muddy bank, a woman with an oar facing stilt houses under a cloudy sky.

Tonle Sap River, Cambodia, Traditional villages on the riverbank between Phnom Penh and Kampong Tralach, bordering Kandal Province and Kampong Cham Province. Stilt houses and houseboats.

Myanmar, Mandalay, Lake Taungthaman. Tourist pleasure boats plying their trade by U Bein Teak Bridge across Taungthaman Lake in Myanmar.

Fishermen with fish trap and nets, single-legged rower, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Fishing, Backwaters of Kerala, India, Asia

Vietnam, Mekong Delta. My Tho, Bao Dinh Channel, waterfront

Fishermen with fresh fish, Fort Kochi, Kochi, Cochin, Kerala, India, Asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Mui Ne Fish Market at dawn, Mui Ne, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam

Chinese fishing nets, Fort Cochin Kochi, Kerala, India, Asia

Life along the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Traditional fishermen in rowing canoes while fishing in a lake, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Cambodia, Siem Reap, Floating city on stilts

Cai Rang floating market Mekong delta Vietnam

Vietnam, Quang Ninh, Halong Bay, Two fishermen fishing in small boat

Asia, Thailand, Damoen Saduak, Old woman paddling boat for the morning Floating Market (Editorial Usage Only)

CAN THO,VIETNAM - 4 JUNE, 2011: Unidentified people at floating market in Mekong river delta. Cai Rang and Cai Be markets are central markets in delta and became popular tourist destination

Mekong Delta, Vietnam, September 28, 2018: Unidentified Vietnamese person travelling by boat whilst working their job on the Mekong River in Vietnam, Asia

Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Lake Inle. Locals paddling along the Lake Inle canals.

CAN THO,VIETNAM - 4 JUNE, 2011: Unidentified woman at floating market in Mekong river delta. Cai Rang and Cai Be markets are central markets in delta and became popular tourist destination

Hpa-An, Thanlwin (Salween) River, cargo boat, Kayin (Karen) State, Myanmar (Burma)

Floating market in the Thailand.

Traditional stilt houses in Inle Lake, at the front two local women in a wooden boat, Shan State, Myanmar, Asia

Woman at Ninh Hai boat harbor for Tam Coc boat trips, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

NOV 26, 2015 Ranong, Thailand : The commutor boat driver waiting for passenger who traveling between Ranong and Kawthaung in Myanmar.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 08 January 2022: View of a vibrant boat laden with colorful goods moored by a weathered pier under the warm glow of the setting sun.

In the mangrovia of Morondova

Myanmar, Shan State, a boat coming from the market with the rower performing a typical way to row on the Inla Lake.

Boats or ferries on the banks of Ganges during the Ardh Kumbh Mela, one of the world s largest religious festivals at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Vietnamese woman on a boat on the Mekong River, Mekong Delta, Can Tho Province, Vietnam, Asia

Fishermen bring in their boats and their catch to the fish market in Manila, Philippines

Vietnam, Mui Ne, Mui Ne Beach, network fisherwoman,

Nepal, Pokhara, local lake, boats

Vietnamese boats at river. Ninh Binh, Vietnam Vietnamese woman with conical hat Amazing morning view with Vietnamese boats at river. Tam Coc, Ninh Binh,. Vietnam travel landscape and destinations Copyright: xZoonar.com/xPerfectxLazybonesx 8713660

Asia, Thailand, Damoen Saduak, Old woman paddling boat for the morning Floating Market (Editorial Usage Only)

A family poles their boat through the Vietnamese floating village of Chong Kneas on lake Tonle Sap - Siem Reap, Cambodia

Hatia Island, Bangladesh

Mekong Delta Vietnam

Huts along the Mekong to Cambodia picnic

Italy, Emilia Romagna, river Po near Piacenza

Floating market floating market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

Thailand, Bangkok, Floating Market

Rear view of a vendor rowing a boat at a floating market, Bangkok, Thailand

tourists in shikara, dal lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Myanmar, Burmese paddling canoes on canal

Frau mit Ruderboot Frau mit Ruderboot im Mekong-Delta,Vietnam Copyright: xZoonar.com/UwexBauchx 1014647

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 February 2025: View of laborers carrying baskets on their heads across colorful boats, a scene of daily life along the riverfront.

Rangamati, Bangladesh - 10 May 2025: Aerial view of a bustling floating market, boats laden with vibrant green produce jostling on the shimmering waters, a vivid tapestry of commerce and culture.

Thailand, Damnoen Saduak, floating market,

Landing and selling the catch in the early morning. Mui Ne, Bhin Thuan Province. Vietnam, Indochina, South East Asia. Orient. Asia.

People carrying freshly caught fish in baskets to the beach at Mui Ne, MÅ i Ní , many fishing boats in the distance. Mui Ne Binh Thuan Province Vietnam FB_2024_4495

Serene morning at the floating market

CAMBODIA, NEAR SIEM REAP, TONLE SAP LAKE, MAN IN BOAT

South East Asia, Vietnam, Ha Long Bay, Portrait of a Vietnamese woman sitting on docked fishing boat, side view.

Western Africa, Mauritania, Foum Gleita lake (Mbout area)

Boy rowing boat for tourists along River Ganges. The culture of Varanasi is closely associated with the River Ganges and the river's religious importa...

Villagers rowing boat on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Large format sizes available)

Villagers rowing boat on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Vietnam, Xuan Thuy National Park, Red River Delta, Ramsar, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.

Myanmar. Shan State. Inle Lake. Intha fisherman fishing in the shallows.

ASIA, Vietnam, Can Tho Boating on the tributary of Mekong River

Floating fields, single-leg rower, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Fishing for giant jellyfish near Laem Naew, a fishing village on the North Andaman Sea - THAILAND

UNESCO, Cambodia, Tonle Sap, Siem Reap, Great Lake, Biosphere Reserve.

VIETNAM, NEAR NHA TRANG, PORT DAYOT WITH COLORFUL FISHING BOATS, MAN IN WOVEN BASKET USED AS BOATS

Boats on the Irrawaddy, also known as Ayeyarwady, river between Mandalay and Bagan, Myanmar, Asia

KHM - PHNOM PENH THE INHARMONIOUSPortrait of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.KHM - PHNOM PENH LINHARMONIEUSEPortrait de Phnom Penh, la capitale du Cambodge.

Thailand, Damnoen, Damnoen Saduak Floating Market with Vendor

Father and son travel in boat in Punnamada Lake at Alleppey Kerala India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Vietnam, Mekong River, Cai Be, Mekong River Delta, Convoy of six traditional boats,

Asia, Thailand, Damnoen Saduak, floating market

Chitwan in Nepal

Back view of Indian Fisherman mending net and another inspecting boats on shore with Mumbai city in the background

Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Cantho, Cai Rang, floating market,

Vietnam, Xuan Thuy National Park, Red River Delta, Ramsar, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve.

Two woman with produce in boat, Cai Rang floating market, Mekong Delta, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam

High angle view of market vendors on boats in a floating market, Bangkok, Thailand

Aerial view of a bustling floating market alive with colorful boats laden with fresh produce, a vibrant tableau of commerce on the water, Pirojpur, Barisal Division, Bangladesh.

Landing the night catch. Fishermen, Nha Trang. Vietnam, Indochina, South East Asia. Orient. Asia.

Boatman at Pattaya floating market.

Villagers moving by sailing pirogue on Ganvie lake village in Lake NokouA, near Cotonou, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa

A fisherman digs for worms next to his dhow on Jambiani beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 18 February 2025: Aerial view of vibrant riverbank market scene with boats laden with goods meeting the bustling shore, a symphony of colors and textures under the open sky.

Kratie, Cambodia. Floating Vietnamese houseboat at the southern tip of Koh Trong Island across the Mekong River from Kratie, Cambodia.

India, Varanasi, daily life on the ganges

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