people plowing rice fields with water buffalo
lush green gardens & banana palms
busses passing trucks passing scooters
cone-shaped hats bent over rice paddies
communist star flags flying over buildings, boats, everywhere…
people crossing busy streets with two baskets on a yoke
girls riding bicycles while holding umbrellas
five people on one scooter
“trucks” consisting of a rotary plow pulling a huge wagon
woman crouching on her heels, selling gum
piles and piles of baskets, and rush/brush brooms
huge russian and chinese trucks from the seventies
people walking around in green army hats
big baskets filled with fresh herbs
“gentleman in the nighttime” flowers on Cat Ba Island
burning rice stalks on the side of the highway
large piles of bricks everywhere
narrow, four- or five-storied buildings with a balcony on top
fresh beer from a bia hoi
huge stands of bamboo
ice coffee made from strong coffee, ice, and condensed milk
long roads that seem to go nowhere, and end abruptly
a farmer leading two water buffalo (one a baby) and two cows down the main road
hazy skies – sun a dim ball in the sky
passing shrines / graveyards in the middle of the countryside
pagodas perched on top of karsts in Halong Bay
swimming in the South China Sea
eating an orange with a green rind, picked for you by a woman who lives in the middle of Cat Ba National Park with her husband and eight or so puppies
riding over waterfalls while on the back of a motorbike in Sapa
large bonsai-esque trees in beautiful ceramic pots
fresh coconuts and pineapples for sale by the side of the road
sunglass street. towel street. herb street. temple street. blacksmith street. silks street. toy street. (Hanoi)
weasel poo coffee
