Planters
Hanoi is Backpack City
Hanoi Shopping District
Huc Bridge
Outside the Temple of the Jade Mountain
Gates to the Temple of the Jade Mountain
Vietnam T-Shirt
From Ginkgo Vietnam.
Café 28, Hanoi
Street Scam Photo A
Street Scam Photo B
Vietnam Cat
Masks
Get your Santa outft here in Hanoi
Motorbike Street Art
Vietnam Street Scene
Lego Shop in Hanoi.
It looked pretty legit inside, actually.
Hanoi Traffic
Anything on a bike.
Hoàn Kiếm Lake
The Bridge of the Rising Sun
Huc Bridge
Hanoi Cables
The wires in all of Vietnam are something to behold.
Hanoi Cables
Hanoi Cables
Tom & Jerry Bounce House
No matter where you go, kids love a bounce house. And Vietnam has a strange fascination with Tom & Jerry.
Cyclo
Hanoi Traffic
Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum
Ho Chi Minh's embalmed body lies in state (just like fellow world leaders Lenin and Mao Zedong).
Hanoi Presidential Palace
Ho Chi Minh's Puegueot
Peugeuot 404 in Ho Chi Min's Garage. Also: Instagram.
Stilt House & Carp Pond
Ho Chi Minh's modest home.
Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House
Bomb Shelter
Allegedly, there's a bunker just through that door.
Damn tourists.
Pond-side tree.
All those little extremeties sticking out of the ground are part of the same tree.
Electrical Outlet Faces
One Pillar Pagoda
Temple of Literature
Doctor's Staele
Temple of Literature
Brazier
Lucky Turtle
On Instagram.
Incense
Incense
Incense
Bell
Drum
From one man to another ...
#HelloKitty Helmet
#HelloKitty Helmet
Offerings
Temple of the Jade Mountain
Burning Fake Money (Offerings)
Anything on a bike.
Hanoi Opera House
Café 28
Burning Trash
Turtle Tower
(on Instagram.)
Vietnam Traffic
Maison Centrale
Hoa Lo Prison Gate
Original Hoa Lo Prison Gate
Forged iron and thick bolts.
The Shu.
People escaped out of these bars.
Shows just how thin they had to be.
Mural through a doorway.
Full mural at Hoa Lo Prison
Door 13.
Guillotine
Santa comes to Vietnam during wartime.
Caption reads: Picture drawn by American pilots in the prison.
Pig feet.
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Why doesn't the caged myna bird sing?
Because it's in a cage.
Cha Ca Ha Noi
Fan Shop
Water Puppet Show
Water Puppet Show
Street Vendor, Dishes
Clean.
Pipe smokin'!
Big traffic in Underwear Alley
Most useful bike carry I've seen yet.
Fixing the cables.
On a ladder. In a busy street. What could go wrong?
Egg Cream Coffee
The Last Egg Cream of the night.
Ha Long Bay
Shuttle Boat
Luggage in Peril
This is not our boat.
This is our boat.
Ha Long Bay
View from the Garden Bay 01
This is not our boat.
Islands of Ha Long Bay
Sea Cave
Island, Ha Long Bay
More Ha Long Bay Islands
There are a lot of them.
Look Out!
Sometimes the Garden Bay 01 would get eerily close to the islands.
Off to the Village
Rowing boat.
Village Bound
The Village
It was for show. i don't think anyone really lived here.
This guy was in charge.
Geology!
Sea Arch I
About this wide ...
Sea Arch II
Sea Arch III
Sea Arch IV
Sea Arch V
Geology!
Foot Rowing
Christmas Eve, Ha Long Bay
No sign of Santa.
Cave
Christmas Day, Ha Long Bay
Lonely Boat Vendor
Ha Long Bay
Ha Long Bay
Surprise Amazing Cave
Yes, that's how it's lit.
Writing in the Cave
Our guide told us this dated back to when the cave was discovered. I don't belive him.
Dragon on the Ceiling
Lucky Turtle on the Floor
Red Chair
Dangling Feet Formation
Boat Vendors
Boat Vendor
Another day, another island in Ha Long Bay
The Beach
Rock Formation by the Beach
Depth
Kayaking
Kayaking
Weighing Anchor
Temple on an Island
We would have liked to visit this, but it wasn't on the menu.
Garden Bay 01
Top Deck
Toilet, Ha Noi Station
Reunification Express
Reunification Express
Our home for 32 hours.
Saigon Street
A well-named snack.
It didn't taste very good, though.
Motorbike in the hotel lobby
Best. Pho. Ever.
Crazy hand-powered tricycle.
McDonald's in Saigon
Make suit, 1 day.
Durians!
Water bucket.
I think is for communal use.
Woman wearking a face mask, smoking.
This woman is enjoying a cigarette. She's also wearing a facemask to protect her from the city's noxious fumes.
Motorbike for rent.
Saigon Traffic
Duong Pasteur
Bitexco Financial Tower
With Millennium Falcon landing pad.
Phuc Long
Vietnamese Starbucks, essentially.
Ho Chi Minh City Museum
Ho Chi Minh City Museum
Out front.
Revolution
Printing Press
Independence or Death
Zoom.
Cu Chi Tunnels
Cu Chi Tunnels
Bonus!
Bomb Crater (Alleged)
Spike Trap (Reconstructed)
Tank
Girls on a tank.
Drying Rice Paper
Into Darkness ...
Cu Chi Tunnels
Cu Chi Tunnels
Cu Chi Tunnels
Cu Chi Guerrilla Bunker
Venting Smoke
Combat Meal
Bombs
Street Chess in Pajamas
Statue in Tao Dan Park
Playground in Tao Dan Park
War Remnants Museum
War Remnants Museum
Gun Boat
Warbirds
Motorbike Traffic
Presidential Palace
The motorbikes are going the wrong way!
Streetside Repair
Thief in the Crowd
Solace
Funny Dog
Trashman, Saigon
Vinasun Taxi
We were told to only use Vinasun; the rest will rip you off. Okay, so who's taking all those other taxis?
Disctrict 7 from Floor 18
District 7 from Floor 18
The Tower
Inner Courtyard
Santa
He didn't show up in Ha Long Bay, but he was still here in Crescent Mall.
California Machine Center
Cooking the Chicken
Sunset over District 7
Toxic River
Bitexco Tower (again)
Shell
Next door to our deluxe apartment in the sky stood this empty shell of an apartment complex.
Last Sunset over District 7
Street-top Shrine
The Full English
At Bookworm's Coffee
Birds on Wires
Parting Warning