The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Opposite river bank

Put your luggage on your head and go to the village on the opposite bank

Ferry

A beautiful woman who applies yellow powder to her face

A woman who applies white powder to her face

Children in the village of Betania

Kingfisher

Purse seine fishing method

Mangrove

They also wear sunscreen and insect repellentmake-upon their black faces.
Will they burn if they go any further?

Beautiful women who apply wood powder or stone powder to their faces.
They exchange greetings with an expressionless smile.

I wonder if women in every country
want to be as beautiful as possible.

Girls get married at the age of15-17, and boys are 20.
It seems that it is average to have about8人children.

(a colorful kingfisher).
Flying through the trees, the boat slowly descends.
A peaceful time to be one with nature.

A village of nature (400 people)
A rare Japanese person with children.
They go around the village (20 people in total).

Pigs and chickenslive together on the sand.

Early in the morning, take a woodboat
from the front of the hotel to the village ofBetania

The riverbank ofthe mangrovehas collapsed and
it cannot be said that it is a beautiful landscape.
The bottom of the river is shallow, and sometimes the captain's olderbrother
17(17, I don't know his name no matter how many times I ask him)
gets off and pushes the boat.

On the riverbank, the purse seine fishing method is used to catch river shrimp (5 cm)and
marmaru

　

The ferry (10 yen) from Betania village to the opposite bank is overcrowded.
It is a daily routine
to carry luggage overhead and sell fish.
It is customary to carry everything on your head.

The appearance of a small child (10) rowinga boatis also familiar.

Betania Village