Tag: vietnam
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Day 19~ July 19th~ Vietnam
She rode on a water raft, she smiled, she waved, she came closer to our boat and she sold us bananas. The girl with the heart earrings. Halong Bay~ Vietnam
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Day 18~ July 18th~ Vietnam
When life is simple, even a little dog with a few tricks can make someone laugh with all their hearts, because the less complicated the life, the more room there is for happiness. photo taken: old man and dog in Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 17~ July 17th~ Vietnam
No matter how small the Asian home happens to be, the television takes a prime position serving as a means of escape for the family member who happens to be at home. A bridging to the rest of the world and a means of escaping into a virtual place of wonder? Apologies for the great…
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Day 16~ July 16th~ Vietnam
A remnant of the French presence in a Hanoi suburb, a stamp of another religion that made its way East into Asia, this gothic looking church stood out so much from its surroundings and it begged to be photographed. Somewhere on the outskirts of Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 15~ July 15th~ Vietnam
It is always in the simplest of people that kindness finds a home… Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 14~ July 14th~ Vietnam
In their faces I saw resolve, in their way I felt determination, and in their stance I admired great patience. photo taken: working women on bikes~ Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 12~ July 12th~ Vietnam
If I were to list seven qualities that compel me to photograph children: 1. connection to essences 2. human potential 3. innocence 4. freedom 5. art 6. expression 7. happiness photo taken: child running outside Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 11~ July 11th~ Vietnam
To survive on this planet, all humans must eat. we seem to celebrate this fact by coming together socially when we eat. All over the world food seems to accompany celebrations and social gatherings. In Asia this is even more extreme. Street food is a thriving and very colorful affair that draws people together at…
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Day 10~ July 10th~ Vietnam
Since the 11th century, when the rice fields would flood in Vietnam, the villagers used to fashion wooden puppets over the water creating shows for story telling and entertainment. This tradition survives today through the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater in Hanoi and is a marvel to witness. Dragons, kings and queens float in lacquered…
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Day 9~ July 9th~ Vietnam
As I sit on a balcony on a hill in a European island thinking back on my time in Vietnam and my brief peek into the culture of Hanoi, I cannot not think of the stark differences between the cultures of this remarkable planet we live on. As different as a Vietnamese is from a…