Pictures of our time on Motha the converted rice barge.
The dutch customs house.
A tug boat. The boat is almost all engine and there is a huge silver hook for the ropes that they use to pull the barges.
A man collecting plastic bottles for recycling from the river weeds.
These two barges are hand loaded with bags of fertilizer. They must unload by hand too. See how deep the barge goes – there is unloaded one on the right.
Grocery shopping
Tied up waiting for them to let us ashore. Ron is looking worried.
A barge family
