Here it is, a lotus, the symbol of Buddhism, growing in a pond at a roadside restaurant complex.
A flower stall in the market at Hoi An.
One of the first things we saw in Vietnam, in our ride at night from the airport in Hanoi into town, was flowers being transported on heavily laden motor scooters from growers into the wholesale flower market.
A bonsai for sale.
A house in Hoi An.
Perhaps the profusion of plants on the upper story compensate for the clothing store on the street level.
Living plants blend in with a mosaic tree at one of the imperial tombs near Hue (I think). The tree and the deocrations around the window are made in part of broken pottery.
In a monastery courtyard: bonsais, a miniature mountain, a real tree, flowers, a model pagoda.
The large, new statue ath the Marble Mountain is of less aesthetic interest than the pool and potted plants in front of it.
The jagged stone islands jutting out of the reflecting pool are like a miniature of the Ha Long Bay landscape.
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