Temple in Saigon |
Same temple |
We went to like three of them |
The temples in Viet Nam are markedly Mahayana, and a world apart from the mainly Theraveda of this trip |
I get a kick out of this mirror thing |
Nice details |
Again, still in Saigon here |
Getting a bit old |
Outside the former US embassy in Saigon |
Here too |
Atop the former US Embassy in Saigon |
I'm guessing Korean |
Street life |
Uncle Ho, cradling an infant, Western Capitalism at its finest over his shoulder |
What? |
Just by the post office, we're still in Saigon |
Saigon's Hindu temple |
The Beautiful Iranian encounters an egg |
Inside the Cao Dai temple, Hue |
Outside |
The eye represents god in Cao Dai. They worship, among others, Victor Hugo and Churchill |
Outside the walls of the Citadel |
Same |
Same |
We like the glare, they HATE me. |
Perfume River tributary |
What we came to call the Buddha Virgin Mary |
Mr. Vu. He took me on a countryside ride on motorbikes that was, easily, the highlight of my entire summer |
Saw this |
And this |
And this |
Paddies |
More great shots from Mr. Vu's ride |
Monument to Vietnamese killed by my brave countrymen, for no reason whatsoever. We're good at that. A specialty, if you will. |
Canoeing. |
Ducks |
River life |
Guardian lion |
The Buddha looking like a gay baby |
River life |
More |
Fun with Mirrors |
This nonsense was set up inside the Citadel. I suspect the Chinese |
Ferocious temple detail |
Inside the Citadel (we're in Hue, by the way) |
These fish-head drain piples recur |
Hue |
Waiting for work |
Paddies |
Sareh |
We had such nice weather |
Now we're in Hoi An, or, just outside it |
Very Tibetan |
Outside Hoi An |
How I feel most days |
On a motorbike ride outside Hoi An |
This one too |
The Beautiful Iranian |
You see this yellow, this beautiful, only in Viet Nam |
Kid |
Gang, giggling at us, on our motorbikes |
Hoi An temple |
Yeah, enough already |
Street life |
Hoi An085.JPG |
Hoi An market |
This one too |
Saint Nick |
Nasty looking |
? |
Guardian dog |
No idea |
Temple roof |
Cyclo |
Tourist monks |
Again |
Sellter of thingies |
Hoi An at night |
Again |
The Beautiful Iranian, in shadow |
Clouds rising over Hoi An |
Fisherfolk |
Hanoi at night |
At the Ha Noi Hilton |
A temple by the cathedral |
The road by the Opera House |
Sareh and Robin, outside the Opera House |
Ha Long bay |
DO NOT GO HERE |
It blows and sucks and is the worst place |
Any of us have ever in our lives been |
And after like 1 hour, you're SO done with limestone |
Ah, Hanoi |
It really fucking poured |
Like, I mean, it rained |
It became a little Venice |
Got some nice shots though |
Hoan Kiem Lake |
As close as I would let us get to the Water Puppet show. |
We tried so hard for blurred motorbike shots |
And just general motorbike shots |
Cha Ching! |
Again |
These are for sale all over town |
Desaturated |
Overexposed |
Madonna with child |