Monkey Bridges, Vietnam
Vietnam’s rural landscape features hundreds of rustic “Monkey Bridges” – bamboo logs lashed with vines, providing passage across rivers. These handmade structures, centuries-old, offer perilous yet essential river crossings for locals.
Constant upkeep by villagers preserves these tenuous yet vital links, threading through Vietnam’s river-laced terrain. Locals have no problem getting across these small bridges with a heavy load, as they do it daily.