Sunday, May 13, 2012

Ordinary People doing Ordinary Things

A thoughtful customer in the restaurant at the Perfume Pagoda.

The traffic in the large cities is intense.  When the people on their scooters noticed that I was taking their picture, they smiled.  The motorbikes flow like schools of fish.  The Vietnamese have nerves of steel.

This was one of the boatwomen in the floating fishermen's village in Ha Long Bay.  We were taken on quite a few boat trips, and more than half the time, the people rowing were women.

A bride and groom preparing a photo album on a street in Hoi An.

The man in the yellow shirt is a member of a group of Korean cyclists.  The woman in the red dress makes a living posing for photographs with tourists at the Japanese bridge in Hoi An.  The woman taking the photograph shares the fees.  At least that's what I think is going on here.

Another bride and groom preparing for their wedding in Hoi An.


This young woman was working in a shop in Hoi An that raises money for needy people by selling handicrafts.  She spoke good English with an Australian accent, because she had spent a year in Australia learning how to sew wedding dresses.

Our boat trip on the Mekong included a fine meal in a restaurant on a local farm.  Among the attractions of the restaurant was a python, and this guide was showing off with it.

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