Sunset at Port Dickson
colours of the sun...
as it hits the horizon...
...favourite time of the day!
Vietnam team signing the Out Of Comfort Zone (OCZ) banner
We turned around to face the crowd
...and get prayed for
Sandwiched between Porter (left) and Walker.
OCZ Conference
Conference session
Hanoi!
Outside airport
Sophia inna limo
Food Court
Exterior Food Court
Interior Food Court
Dessert!
more desserts
Omelette
Fried stuff
Spring rolls
Full spread
Me, Sophia, Regina, Joy
Papaya vendor
Women on street
woman
kid on street
street
staircase to ho chi minh museum
entrance ho chi minh museum
uncle ho
one-pillared pagoda
pagoda stairs
guardian of pagoda
woman reading
Joy
palace guard
outside ho chi minh mausoleum
mausoleum
closeup of mausoleum
presidential palace where uncle ho worked everday
shack where uncle ho stayed everynite
lake surrounding uncle ho's residence
ethnology museum - great concept!
closeup of etno musuem
entrance of ethno musuem
hmong tribal house on musuem grounds
long way up the ladder to hmong doorway!
tribal dwelling
climbing ladders
male (left) and female ladders! ...seriously
inside a tribal house
guardian statue
easter island???
statue of pipers outside tribal house
Some kinda tribal sarcophagus
arty shot of cutlery while waiting for food to arrive (re: bored)
told you we were bored!
woman selling beansprouts
street vendors
Old Quarter, Hanoi
bales of cloth at Dong Xuan market
street food
kite shop
kites
masks
busy street
beating the heat at drink shop
slugs!
pho... half cooked and half raw beef strips in soup with rice noodles
catholic church
the clock works!
motorcycles everywhere!
flowers are in
Cafe Moca... swanky place in Old Quarter
Watch your coffee brewed
Enjoying Vietnamese coffee with rice cake (see the red box Sophia's holding up?)
antique coffee grinder (i think!)
grinding pit
coffee bean depository
face of clock
grandpapa's clock
swirls in bowl
lanterns
Hoan Qiem Lake
Lake
lonely at lake
deep thoughts
woman by lake
man walking by lake
woman resting by lake
girl i chatted up at lake
girl closeup
peddlar on bicycle
baskets
40 winks
outside water puppet theatre
self explanatory
musicians at the water puppet theatre
water puppets
street at dawn
street a dawn
textile shop
woman & daughter
woman with killer stare
statue of martyrs
man carrying sleeping girl
French-inspired park
In sepia
"aunty"
this "uncle" yelled at me after i took this photo... turned out i stepped on his shrine ... ouch!
Sam in her heartiest laughing pose
young woman...
...who was selling...
...stuff at the town square...
...but business wasn't good.
maids inna row
temple facade
resting at the park
pork with noodle
tri-coloured bun (noodles)
Spicy bun, very much like tomyum
Vietnamese protestant church, one of the two state-registered churches in Hanoi.
sunday service in vietnamese!
"speedymeter"
in a cab
rainy nite
french building thru designer-grill
L's Place, where we ate
Under the lampshades at L's Place
Stairway leading to L's Place
Joy and Regina (right)
Carrying longans
state officer
woman on motorcycle, taken in our car
more flowers!
combat helmets are in
rice fields outside Hanoi
male prisoners at work
male prison
waiting area outside male prison
orphanage for HIV+ kids
facade
orphanage grounds
cute toddlers
didn't i say cute...?
this little girl i carried...
Joy making balloons for HIV+ kids... they are adorable!
women's detention camp... right beside orphanage
signboard outside women's detention camp
rice fields
back to the city!
bus stop on our way to haiphong
combat hat...
looking back inna bus
cramped
the woman warrior who started haiphong city...
city park
uncle ho at state building in haiphong
park in haiphong
our miserable hotel
fishes sold in bottles
poor fishes...
HIV+ adults are put to work...
...cutting hair
Viet-style fettucine
Familiar sight at market
market
woman at market
women at market
waiting for customers
shrimps... and such
man at market
melons
luscious longans
delicious-smelling meat on bamboo skewers
but we didn't dare try...
crabs!
baguettes
fruit seller
this woman was doing brisk business...
... selling "chee cheong fun" looking stuff
..which was hugely popular with the folks here.
more fruits
friendly woman
logo - children's village in haiphong
signboard
inside the village
wow.... like resort la!
kid's art
children at the haiphong orphanage
home mascot
these three siblings were orphaned after their parents were killed in an accident
The girls with the orphans
menu signboard
bun cha!
shredded crab rolls to go with the bun cha...
tamarind juice... imported from penang!!!!!
odd sight at the post office
bus station
halong!
woman at boat people settlement
child on boat
grandma
this is home
their daily lives comprise of fishing and mending nets
scenic view for the boat people
nets
more nets
grandma...
..the lines on her face...
...etched the experiences of a lifetime
...to what future...?
middle-aged woman
boat children with balloons
cheered them up a little... but it wasn;t what they really needed
they hardly smiled...
having a puff
looking outside from inside the boat
scenic... they may be the poorest of the poor, but these boat people are wealthier than most urban folks trapped in concrete jungles breathing carbon monoxide.
Von Don - the village
Window sill
bullock cart... without the bull
wheel of cart
common eats at halong
so... appetizing
some kinda turnip-fruit plant to be consumed with vietnamese soup
vietnamese veggie soup
satisfied burp after the meal
rice cake
opening up the rice cake
looks horrible...
...but actually don;t taste that bad
Jumbo ribs steak at Al Fresco's
Bun Cha outlet
Lunch crowd
yum yum
wreaths
closeup
food court
lady vendor
Temple of Literature
streetsign
man reading outside the museum
inside out from fine arts museum
lawn - fine arts museum
KOTO - Know One Teach One... themed restaurant with great social concept!
Interior Koto
Stairway - Koto
Interior - Koto
Temple Bar - Koto
Young man - helped by Koto program
Vietnamese Coffee
... when the milk sets in...
spring rolls
Left bowl - Bun Bo Nam Bo (noodle dish particular to South Vietnam)
Koto bar
Dye shop
dyes
aerial view
side
woman...
...making...
...wicks.
knives for sale
railway running across the street
