Helping an elderly woman with one eye in Vietnam.

I pay a visit to Long Xuyen in the Mekong. Vietnam.

Cheering up elderly and disabled women in Can Tho. Vietnam.

As Vietnam has outlawed begging the poor and disabled have moved to selling lottery tickets to support themselves.

This morning I thought I’d give them a bit of a hand.

 

 

I visit a poor kid in Can Tho hospital. Vietnam.

I visit a 10yo girl in Can Tho hospital with brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta).

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Vietnam travel in 4K. Can Tho city 2016.

Travel Vietnam by drone. Join me as we fly over the muddy rivers, lush fruit farms and golden rice fields of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta. This is my favourite city in the world and hopefully I capture a few of it’s highlights in this aerial video.

Please enjoy.

Vietnamese Ferry tale.

I give some money to a poor Vietnamese kid on a ferry in the Mekong delta town of Long Xuyen, Vietnam.

Giving money to a poor Vietnamese kid in Can Tho.

I saw this poor brown kid with close set eyes working all day in the sun and then buying a disgusting sugar drink with dirty ice to quench her thirst. It made me want to help her so on behalf of Thanh Tran, Daniel Trinh, Khanh Pham, Roger K and Steve I gave her some money to help her out.

These kids are like toy soldiers. They endure an extremely hard and monotonous existence but without the slightest trace of self pity. Their sunny attitude is in direct opposition to the harsh lives they have to navigate from an early age.

No toys, no school, no school friends, no protection and no fun on the holidays.

I hope this money and the feeling behind it managed to give her a little boost for that one day.

 

What does Can Tho look like from the sky?

Enjoy beautiful aerial views of Can Tho City in Vietnam.

See motorbikes, buildings, people, bridges, rivers and canals from above.

Can Tho is the capital of the Mekong in Vietnam and well worth a visit. Check it out from the comfort of your home.

 

 

Mekong Delta’s poorest kid. Vietnam 2015

Saw this brown kid playing with a plastic bag instead of toys. Damn kid was not only dirt poor but also nursing a bit of a shiner as well. Rough luck.
She seemed in good spirits though.

I tend to avoid people who are evidently trying to rely on pity. Which is unfortunately the case with a lot of beggars in the big cities.
Out in the countryside people are even worse off but they are having a fair dinkum crack.
I much prefer trying to help these kinds of good, honest, genuine, self reliant and noble people.

I encourage anyone visiting Vietnam to get off the beaten path and venture out to the Mekong and buy something from a local seller. They will really appreciate it.
In return you get great fresh produce and warm smiles.

PS. I have some cool plans to do more and bigger charity stuff in the Mekong this year. Still holding funds from generous supporters and I will use them soon. Stay tuned.

PPS. Also I hired some Eastern European refugee dickhead on work experience to do the subtitles. So I’m pretty sure they’re 100% accurate.

Life in Can Tho, Vietnam 2015. Experience REAL Vietnamese Life in HD

Come for a ride with me along the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

See how Vietnamese people live today in southern Vietnam.

It may not be as flash as Saigon but Can Tho is chock full of hard working, honest, welcoming folk just trying to earn crust from working on the land.

TET in Can Tho 2015. Can Tho Vietnam celebrates the Lunar New Year 2015.

Can Tho on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam ushers in the TET Lunar New Year 2015.

Not quite as flash as Saigon. But still worth a peek!

Please Enjoy.