Avoid the rain with some noodles

I took this through the car window while it was just sprinkling rain. I like the idea of relaxing under shelter while the rain is near

Lê Văn Miến street

Our street is named after the first Vietnamese artist to master the European oil painting style. A good history of Vietnamese contemporay painting and Lê Văn Miến can be seen here

Toy shop

Saigon University

Hương Sen Hotel

Situated right in the centre of downtown Saigon, the Hương Sen hotel receives mixed reviews by guests. Its location on Đồng Khởi st however cannot be beat.

Dark and stormy

The wet season is still among us. Tropical Storm Mekkhala swept through central Vietnam on Wednesday and even in the south of Vietnam we are still feeling the wash out effects from it. This photo was taken at 3 pm and you can see it was very dark. The north of Vietnam is watching a new storm called Higos developing in the China Sea. Predictions are it will turn towards the island of Hainan and wash out over southern China.

Motorbike loading

Lines....with a tree and a traffic light

This month's theme day is Lines. The power and communication lines are a pretty easy target for this theme in Saigon. I also like the idea of all the lines in the new buildings being constructed in the background. To the right hand side of this picture is a city hospital and that is why so many cables are heading over the fence and into their compound.

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Birds on wires

I like this photo because it highlights something that you do not see a lot of in Saigon - wildlife. The style of housing and mass power and communication lines are something that you do see everyday.

Westerners welcome!

Any shop that advertises "very big sizes" obviously has the larger westerner in mind. However the definition of what a Vietnamese person would call "very big" and what an expatriate would, differs by about 5 dress sizes

Pink sky last night

Street locksmith

Little drummer boys

This was taken at the mid-autumn festival a few weeks back. In Việt Nam it is also referred to as Children's Tết.

Flooding continues

Bicycle and cardboard collection

Heineken bubble

District 1 and the Saigon river

fashion TV restaurant lounge cafe - coming soon

Still wet

Boats on muddy creek

Muddy creek

Mekong Merchant

School shoes

It would seem you can can get 50% off at Maya

Conical driver