Comment of the night at our table in the famous Chinese restaurant on Nguyen Trai at 2am from a Canadian guy who had been in Viet Nam for only 3 days. He joined Landon and I with a group of No.5 Bar staff and young street flower sellers for supper. Also on the menu, ducks […]
Vivid shades of yellow and blue swirl disconcertingly amidst a jumble of indigo skies overlayed by the grey green clouds of an impending tropical storm as the most brilliantly red Hibiscus imaginable tumble crazily with pink Lantana and purple Foxglove. Brilliantly hued butterflies dance from flower to flower and deep within my subconscious I perceive […]
I used to be amazed at the amount of activity that would take place constantly around our house in Sai Gon, but that pales into insignificance with the hustle and bustle that goes on right outside my window at Khach San Terry Diep. The house is situated at the back end of a busy Ngo […]
Ah Ha Noi! What a beautiful city you are! I’m so pleased to be back in Ha Noi, working once again with ARLEMP and living at Khach San Terry Diep. This city is truly intoxicating particularly when you are living in an alley that simply teems with life. In the mornings there is a market […]
This is a pretty nifty new feature that Flickr has introduced, geotagged images. have a look at the map here
A recent trip to the island of Phu Quoc situated to the south of Cambodia was time well spent (article to follow) but I couldn’t resist the urge to share these couple of images that I captured while down there. If you are not into “toilet humour” then I apologise in advance but I feel […]
I have just spent the last 20 minutes writing about how it feels to be back here and in a moment of complete ineptitude I closed the tab on my browser that contained the posting and lost the lot. Hmmm… take ten deep breaths and then begin again. Troi oi.
Loic sent me an e-mail from France and commented that I must be equally excited and apprehensive about returning to Viet Nam. As he is currently experiencing his own reverse culture shock he is in a good position to evaluate how I might feel and he is completely right. Actually I have been putting off […]
Thirty five years ago these Lambrettas were the main form of public transport throughout many parts of Vi?t Nam. Remarkably this one is still being used for ice delivery as seen here on Pham Ngu L?o in S?i G?n’s “backpackers area” in District 1
Over at Diacritic Rich is going through images taken some time ago and giving them an airing. That seems like a remarkably good idea so I thought that I would do something similar. Graffiti is practically non-existent in Viet Nam but this cute piece of anonymous art lives at the northern end of Lake Ho?n […]
In the course of conducting my research I come across many articles of interest and some that I find very humorous. I felt that I had to share this one. Source: 09/Feb/2006 Fairfax Digital Feb 11, 2006, 09:48 Vietnam’s internet authorities rejected a website for a grapefruit wholesaler this week over fears web surfers might […]
This morning Mimi leaves Viet Nam to travel to America and begin her new life as a university student in Philadelphia. We rang her last night, as we knew that she would want to hear from us and I?m very glad that we did. It was wonderful to hear her voice even though it has […]
It’s fitting that my last meal in Viet Nam was at my favourite rice shop, Nguyễn Hiền on Nguyễn Thuong Hiền St, which is a small but very busy street that has many food shops and stalls some of which are open until very late at night. The rice shop is only a few minutes […]
Well… this is my last entry from Viet Nam this time around. Plenty left to talk about, but no time left to do it. I will still write up many of our Viet Nam experiences and post them from Australia so keep tuned in. Many thanks to everybody who reads my ramblings and made the […]
