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photographie-irie > Waiting for the Catch, Jacmel, Haiti      A big crowd gathers on the beach to await the fishing boats' arrival with dinner.
photographie-irie > Fishing Boat, Beach at Cormier Plage, Cap Haitian, Haiti      Remember the Haitian boat people exodus in the early 90's, when exiles crossed the open seas to the United States in overloaded, leaky, ramshackle boats? Similar boats are a way of life to harvest the bounty of the sea within the country as well. Although often colorfully painted in bright colors, as are tuk-tuks and many buildings in Haiti, this boat is a bit more a patchwork affair.
photographie-irie > Bringing the Catch, Near the Cormier Plage, Cap Haitian, Haiti      The wonderful beach at Cormier Plage resort was as much a pleasure as the resort itself, which offered beautiful, relaxed setting, friendly Haitian service, excellent food fresh from the sea, trees and fields, and a nice reef for snorkeling. The resort's owner when we visited was Jean-Claude Dicquemare, a prior diving partner of Jacques Cousteau, so scuba diving was available as well. Franklin was our most notable, excellent bartender/host among a friendly array of local talent servicing guests, oftentimes just the two of us.
photographie-irie > North Bali Sunset, Lovina, Bali, Indonesia
photographie-irie > North Shore Sunset, Lovina, Bali, Indonesia      Fishing canoes and raft offshore the Villa Agung.
photographie-irie > Boat to Market, Hoi An, Vietnam       The big, everpresent smile passing underneath the Hoi An River bridge on way to morning market. Baskets full of fish and that relaxed low crouch on the stern of the small boat, showing such comfortable stability from a life near and on the water.
photographie-irie > Early Morning Market Dock, Hoi An, Viet Nam      The dock area of the market, where fish and other goods are unloaded from boats to make their way into restaurants, kitchens, homes and businesses. Look at all those cone hats. Sellers and buyers mingle and haggle, exchanging goods for money to start the day. The catch is brought ashore and displayed in bamboo baskets, plastic bowls, and anything that can hold things. Buyers compare quality and make selctions. As inventory is worked through, the scene slowly thins until major action is then confined to the much larger interior market hidden back under the roof behind, to keep the day's building heat at bay. There, not only food and fruits are still sold, but all manner of household items, clothing and tourist items for foreign visitors. In the midst of the bedlam as I mingled in the crowd on another day, people rush back and forth, and it's hard to stay out of their busy way. And although I get some strange looks with my white face and camera, most everyone goes on with their business, pushing and shoving a bit, and ignoring me as long as I stay mostly out of their way.
photographie-irie > Hoi Ann River Sunrise, Hoi An, Vietnam      Sunrise on the Hoi An River, with most fishing boats already at market. Smaller boats still dot the river, and a rig that controls a large fishing net to the right is being raised. The guy on the bamboo frame built into the river bottom pedals a bicycle kind of wheel that reels in line raising the fish net. Another similar frame on the other side of the net, without the wheel, anchors the line opposite the net. Once raised out of the river, fish so caught and jumping around in the net now above water await his departure from the wheel frame to haul them to market too.
photographie-irie > Fishing Boat Sunrise, Hoi An, Vietnam      From a bridge crossing the Hoi An River, the sun arises behind fishing boats streaming to market with their catch. Well before dawn, activity commences to beat the heat, and get the day rolling with fresh provisions for kitchen and home. This is the time to see Vietnam at its best, everything alive and vibrant, carrying promise of the day to come.
Waiting for the Catch, Jacmel, Haiti     

A big crowd gathers on the beach to await the fishing boats' arrival with dinner.
photographie-irie > Waiting for the Catch, Jacmel, Haiti      A big crowd gathers on the beach to await the fishing boats' arrival with dinner.
Waiting for the Catch, Jacmel, Haiti     

A big crowd gathers on the beach to await the fishing boats' arrival with dinner.
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