This is some of the countryside on the way to Vietnam. These people are surrounded by water in the middle of nowhere; they have this narrow strip of land that connects their property to the road. I think the water surrounding the house is a rice paddy. Some houses along the way had no connection to the land. The people would either wade through the water or hop in a little canoe. Since this is the rainy season most of the land on the roads looks like this-filled with water. Friends have told us that once the dry season comes the land will be completely brown and dry.