Lights on Dong Khoi street

Christmas at Saigon Centre

Decorations go up on Dong Khoi street

Drummers

Festival flags

Wedding in the weeds

Flags out for Liberation Day tomorrow

On public holidays residences must fly the Vietnamese flag. We had Hung Kings day last Friday, Liberation Day tomorrow and May Day on Saturday, so generally the flags stay out for the entire week

Anzac Day sausage sizzle at Vino

Anzac Day is the Australian and New Zealand equivalent of remembrance or memorial day. The day is becoming more popular in Vietnam as the government is opening up more opportunities for remembrance services at American War battles sites such as Long Tan.

Tet blessings for the local beer shop

Tet decorations

Welcome Year of the Tiger

Farewell Year of the Buffalo

Christmas with a price tag

Christmas outside the Sheraton

Reindeer in Saigon

Its beginning to look a bit like Christmas

Christmas is coming

Loretofest 2009

Last weeks Christmas Bazaar

Halloween in Saigon

There are parts of Saigon that go to extraordinary lengths for Halloween. Our kids went trick or treating on Saturday night and came across a few houses where people had set up more than just pumpkins and lanterns. These guys had trucked a graveyard and smoke machine all the way from the US. Impressive dedication