https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/index.html 2022-05-21T06:45:20.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/IMG_2437.jpeg Machine shop. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8569.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8783.jpg Jade Emperor Pagoda. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF9169.jpg Selfie by Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8309.jpg Yakatori. At the standing bar. Usually for locals only. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8233.jpg Some of the best ramen comes from hole in the wall type places. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8170.jpg Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3387.jpg Sharing the road. Route 28. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF7350.jpg Late night noodles, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF7366.jpg Sidewalk tea shop, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0175.jpg The chain store. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0545.jpg Kapiti Coast. New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0689.jpg Interesting crowd. Ba Na Hill performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0437.jpg Collecting Paua shells. Wairarapa coast. New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1406.jpg Machine shop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5126.jpg Where life is defined as a series of selfies. I saw these two a few times that evening, and all they seemed to be doing were selfies. I wonder whether they actually experienced their surroundings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5538.jpg Seagull feeding. Castlepoint, NZ. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF8780.jpg Jade Emperor Pagoda, Saigon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF9156.jpg Green Tangerine Restaurant, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5933.jpg Submerged fern. New Zealand https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5158.jpg Heaven (the Buddhist variety), at the Marble Mountain cave. There is also a Hell, which you can descend into. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5140.jpg Lady Buddha Da Nang, or in Vietnamese, Linh Ứng Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5118.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF5104.jpg Decoration in a K'Tu household. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/IMG_0629.jpg Bun Dau, a Hanoi street food speciality. Fried tofu, spring rolls, boiled pork, and noodles, with fresh herbs and mam tom (fermented shrimp paste) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF4546.jpg Saigon wedding - backstage. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF4089.jpg Swanston St. Melbourne https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF4079.jpg Asian restaurant cluster. Swanston St. Melbourne https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3820.jpg Late afternoon at Mũi Né. Net maintenance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3482.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3412.jpg Steam engine. Dalat Railway Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3396.jpg Route 28. A great road for a fun motorcycle ride. I want to do it again. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3204.jpg A dog's life https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3195.jpg Tet 2017 - Flower vendors from the Delta parked up District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF2984.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF2786.jpg Hoan Kiem Lake - morning offering https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF2784.jpg Hoan Kiem Lake - Tai Chi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF2782.jpg Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF2778.jpg Prosper - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1746.jpg Plating, Tipo 00, Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1737.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1716.jpg Norfolk Road Pizza, Masterton, New Zealand. It was a cold and rainy night.... it really was. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1684.jpg Cuba Street area, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1682.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1679.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1669.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1403.jpg Barber. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1382.jpg Local Saigon market - more meat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1373.jpg Local market - fermented fish https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF1061.jpg Wat Po - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0946.jpg Spent a bit of time "in transit" at the Wellington Railway Station https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0324.jpg Roast duck. Saigon street food. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0318.jpg Maintenance. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0217.jpg Morning exercise. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF3068.jpeg Rain https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/octo-lights.jpg Stairwell. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/IMG_1669.jpg Market street - D4 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/IMG_1717.jpg Octopus noodles? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0826.jpg Robot assisted pagoda bell ringing. Ba Na Hill. Danang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0361.jpg Ceiling, Funan Centre. Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0395.jpg Visual illusions at the Art Science Museum. Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0416.jpg A darker reimagining of Alice. Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum. Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0039.jpg Preserved fish vendors - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0037.jpg Putting fish out to dry - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF0086.jpg Preserved river crab seller - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF9399.jpg Telecommunications infrastructure! Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Selection/DSCF9403.jpg Street butcher. 2021-09-11T00:20:49.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/index.html 2022-05-15T07:58:14.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/index.html 2022-05-15T07:58:14.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2147.jpeg Sunflower https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2156.jpeg Tet 2022 - The year of the Tiger https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2174.jpeg Certainly a colourful tiger https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2183.jpeg For good luck https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2216.jpeg Cousins and Tiger https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2192.jpeg Rio in his Tet finery https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2225.jpeg See the fish? The Crescent https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2255.jpeg Cousins https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/anni_40.jpeg A and Steve attend a party https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/DSCF2285.jpeg Zoo visit. Tet 2022 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_2921.jpeg Tet 2022 - Nguyen Hue Flower Street. To the left is the Saigon Prince Hotel, where I stayed when first visiting Saigon in 1996. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_3176.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_2965.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/Leaving_the_corridor.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_2987.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_3091.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_3074.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_3127.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/SL_Spring_Party.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/Reunion_Mar22.jpeg Screenshot https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/5D4_7873.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_3183.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/IMG_0180.jpeg From A's refill photoshoot https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/VIC_1033.jpeg Book with beanie https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2022/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-05%20at%2018.33.38.jpeg Zoom with beanie 2022-05-15T06:27:29.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2580.jpeg Working from home, and missing this view from my desk at work. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2616.jpeg Wait for the first vaccine shot. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_0089.jpeg A dog that likes going places. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2687.jpeg A and Giang (the dog) helping Uyen prepare for the 1st banh mi (baguette) delivery. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2697.jpeg Preparing for the first banh mi (baguette) delivery. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_3933.jpeg Ready to go. The dog insisted on going too. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2707.jpeg Preparing for a much larger 2nd banh mi (baguette) delivery during the extended covid lockdown. 2,000 baguettes delivered that day by a network Uyen put together. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2716.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2725.jpeg Lockdown food gift from the police https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2734.jpeg Preparing for a neighbourhood lockdown food delivery https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2742.jpeg Preparing for a neighbourhood lockdown food delivery https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2021/IMG_2745.jpeg Preparing for a neighbourhood lockdown food delivery 2021-10-30T03:30:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/IMG_2091.jpeg Sunday morning walk. Lagging a bit. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/StarOfTheWeekJan2020.jpeg A proud Star of the Week https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/DSCF3029.jpeg Making Lasagna - preparation https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/DSCF3036.jpeg Making Lasagna - construction https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/Amy%20and%20Class%20as%20aliens%20Feb%202019.jpg A and Class as aliens. Spot the NZ fern. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/DSCF3094.jpeg After a particularly heavy rain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/IMG_2211.jpeg A's Salmon Wellington. It was delicious. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/Uyen%20at%20MC%20charity.jpg Uyen at a motorcycle group charity trip. Photographer unknown. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/Amy%20-%20Community%20Hero.jpg Community Hero. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/IMG_2252.jpeg Dressed for Halloween. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2020/IMG_2297.jpeg The guard dogs. 2021-09-07T10:19:33.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_0941.jpg On a 3 day school trip to the Mekong Delta. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/Untitled.jpg Tet concert at BVIS. A with the green in her dress. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_1393%20%281%29.jpg A moments silence at the NZ Wine and Food Festival in Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_1394.jpg NZWFF selfie https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_0944.jpg Community Hero. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_0945.jpg At an inter-school gymnastics competition. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_1441.jpg Science project - water filters. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/DSCF0227.jpg A's end of year concert - choir performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/DSCF0232.jpg A's end of year concert - dance performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/DSCF0237.jpg A's end of year concert - dance performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/DSCF0240.jpg A's end of year concert - dance performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2019/IMG_0948.jpg In the man-cave. Hung some things on the wall. 2021-09-07T09:34:20.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_0840.jpg Ice skating at Vivo City, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF6885.jpg Sampling a roast garlic cream sauce I made. As may be obvious, it was a hit. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF6900.jpg Making Pizza 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF6904.jpg Making Pizza 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF6908.jpg Making Pizza 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/cfb8780c5b12.jpg School trip to Long Hai. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/c0b778f8f33e.jpg School trip to Long Hai. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/c8963413e842.jpg Class photo. Dressed up in their áo dàis for Tết. Photo by BVIS. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF7035.jpg Making Banh Trung at Tet https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF7052.jpg Making Banh Trung at Tet https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_0917.jpg Helping with the food photography https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_0039.jpg While I was traveling, she set up the iPad next to her so that I was there as she fell asleep. So cute! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/1905d4fdb90e.jpg Star of the week - for putting extra effort in all areas of her learning. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF7389.jpg Bookworm https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_0931.jpg My first ever selfie, taken at the New Zealand Wine and Food Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF7757.jpg A, iPad, and friends https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Terminal%203.1.jpg Chance meeting at Singapore Airport Terminal 3. One in a million. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Terminal%203.2.jpg Looking relaxed after a few months of change. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Minh%20and%20Richard.jpg Richard and Minh. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Wairarapa%20Gothic.jpg Julie and Rod. Wairarapa Gothic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Amy%20Science%20project%201.jpg A's science project - see the video https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/Amy%20Science%20project%202.jpg Building the science project https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_1292.jpg On the way to Melbourne - A380 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_0919.jpg Ramen with an old friend who was also visiting Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF8974.jpg A particularly delicious lunch with Joyce in the vineyards - somewhere south of Sydney. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/IMG_1263.jpg Some sage advice on the way to Dinner at Heston's. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/bvis-at-bbgv-fun-run-2018-25.jpg BVIS participants in the British Business Group fun run. A on the right. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF8987.jpg Preparing dessert. New Zealand Natural ice cream and New Zealand blueberries. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF8821.jpg Tana and daughter https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9038.jpg Amy singing in the BVIS choir at a Crescent Mall. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF0308.jpg Being a tourist - the Temple of Literature in Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF0305.jpg Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9098.jpg Lotte Tower - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9102.jpg Lotte Tower - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9106.jpg Lotte Tower - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9101.jpg Hanoi at dusk. Thủ Lệ lake in the foreground https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF0329.jpg With the Đông Sơn drum at the Ho Chi Minh museum - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9125.jpg Life "advice" at the One Pillar Pagoda. Good exercise for critical thinking skills. She did well. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9132.jpg One Pillar Pagoda - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9144.jpg Ho Chi Minh quote: "All the peoples on earth are equal. Each people has the right to life happiness and liberty." https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9159.jpg Pumpkin soup at the Green Tangerine restaurant - Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9169.jpg Selfie - Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF9173.jpg New experience - Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2018/DSCF0343.jpg Photo by A - Hanoi 2021-09-07T10:18:41.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3221.jpg At the Tet Flower Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3238.jpg At the Tet Flower Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3239.jpg At the Tet Flower Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3246.jpg At the Tet Flower Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3251.jpg At the Tet Flower Festival - retreating to a cool space https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3259.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF3993.jpg New Zealand Wine &Food Festival held again at the RMIT Saigon South campus https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4006.jpg New Zealand Wine &Food Festival. Eat Drink Give is the tag line, as a good proportion of the ticket price goes to charity. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4016.jpg New Zealand Wine &Food Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4021.jpg New Zealand Wine &Food Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4118.jpg At a laneway cafe. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/IMG_0892.jpg Reading time over Facetime. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4210.jpg Waiting for the train 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4248.jpg No pictures! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4249.jpg No pictures!! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4247.jpg Ughh! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4257.jpg Stars From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4280.jpg Deep dive From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4282.jpg If that was real... From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4311.jpg Ronald - Thailand style From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4320.jpg Waiting for the train 2 From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4359.jpg Brand awareness From Bangkok 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4455.jpg At the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/IMG_0643.jpg New favorite shop - it has hamster accessories. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/IMG_0648.jpg My birthday. Amy got up early and made pancakes with maple syrup. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5028.jpg Hoi An... famous for its lanterns... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4982.jpg Lunch at the Nữ Eatery soon after arrival. I loved their grilled pineapple and watermelon salad, and Amy... From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4984.jpg ...A found the pumpkin soup quite divine. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF4987.jpg Uyen bargaining with a fruit seller. Here it was just to warm up. When shopping later she consistently got vendors down 50-70%. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5019.jpg From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5036.jpg Hoi An portrait. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5083.jpg The sun was sufficiently intense that an umbrella and hat were necessary accessories. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5092.jpg Our transport awaits. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/IMG_2470.JPG.jpg Encountering security at the home of the past King of the K'Tu people. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/IMG_2474.JPG.jpg We became friends. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5106.jpg Crossing the swing bridge into Bho Hoong village. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5116.jpg Bho Hoong village - there was a stuffed raven on the wall. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5140.jpg Lady Buddha Da Nang, or in Vietnamese, Linh Ứng Pagoda. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5149.jpg Refreshments at Linh Ứng Pagoda. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5178.jpg Looking towards the beach between Da Nang and Hoi An - from Marble Mountain. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5188.jpg More selfies - Marble Mountain, Da Nang. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5191.jpg And did we look good in that selfie? Marble Mountain, Da Nang. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5221.jpg Street market at dusk - Hoi An. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5238.jpg Early morning walk - Hoi An. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5248.jpg From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5255.jpg Japanese Bridge - Hoi An. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5259.jpg Taking a break on our photo walk - Hoi An. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5265.jpg Vietnam's history, and Vietnam's future - Hoi An. From Hoi An 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/Amy%20and%20friend.jpg A &friend https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5487.jpg Castlepoint smiles 1 From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5540.jpg Fish and chips at the beach . From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5574.jpg Fast forward to 2017... the guests of honour. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5632.jpg Obligatory family photos: the siblings From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5637.jpg Obligatory family photos: not sure what the issue was. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5642.jpg Obligatory family photos: Parents, siblings, and a distraction. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5654.jpg Obligatory family photos: Grandchildren, some more cooperative that others. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5665.jpg Obligatory family photos: the everyone shot. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5846.jpg Hobbiton: Family shot. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF5869.jpg Taupo area: the weather turned. From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF6027.jpg Indian food get together From New Zealand Sept 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/StarOfTheWeek.png https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2017/DSCF6509.jpg 2021-09-07T10:15:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF0041.jpg The allure of the Mac Mouse https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/12489275_1631380763790077_8969651824936168371_o.jpeg Early days in my cooking journey https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF0153.jpg With a nephew/cousin https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF0098.jpg A's weather station https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1175.jpg Over 40 New Zealand wines to choose from at the New Zealand Wine and Food Festival, held at RMIT Vietnam. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/12821543_1652142078380612_7732107849575468188_n.jpeg NZWFF https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1162.jpg To new friends. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/984119_1652143498380470_9122371221628797608_n.jpeg NZWFF https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1182.jpg A made a new friend too. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1197.jpg Dancing to the blues. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1211.jpg Otherworldly visitors. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0321.jpg Left for me on the whiteboard in my office. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1217.jpg Ice cream stop while out running. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1230.jpg Weekend relaxing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1532.jpg Khanh and Ryo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1538.jpg Polar Expo - real simulated snow https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1569.jpg Growing into it https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1556.jpg Ice carriage https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1650.jpg New motorcycle, an SR400. I have wanted one of these for a long time. And great for the Saigon traffic! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1646.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1638.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1641.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1811.jpg Evolving teeth. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1784.jpg Part of A's timeline. A school project. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0317.jpg Facetime while dad is in Melbourne. Just like in the Apple ads! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1818.jpg Making a note of some superfoods. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0310.jpg Norfolk Road Pizza, photo freeloaders welcome. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0313.jpg Some hesitancy about that large chunk of chilli. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1676.jpg That is a Big steak. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/AmyDoingYoga.jpg A's class doing yoga. Photo by the teacher, Ms. Madeleine. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1925.jpg These are cupcakes I received from some of my staff for my birthday. They got my interests down nearly right. Should be Yamaha instead of Ducati, red wine instead of Hennessy, and running instead of weights, but what a thoughtful gift to get on my birthday. Love it. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1919.jpg After birthday dinner at Le Gaucho. Complementary caramel vodka in the foreground. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF1882.jpg School concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2084.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2081.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2096.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2100.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2105.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2107.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2115.jpg Summer School Graduation Concert https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2124.jpg RMIT Family Day games https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2119.jpg RMIT Family Day games https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2126.jpg RMIT Family Day games https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2129.jpg Packing for the motorcycle tour - 6 months early. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2157.jpg Ready for the motorcycle tour - 6 months early. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2162.jpg Cat Lai ferry to Dong Nai Province https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2168.jpg Tattoo shop in Dong Nai https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2172.jpg Tattoo shop in Dong Nai https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2174.jpg Tattoo shop in Dong Nai https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2176.jpg Cat Lai ferry returning from Dong Nai to Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2159.jpg Message to Nana https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2185.jpg A helping with crumbed tofu https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2181.jpg Rainy night at the construction site https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2246.jpg Embarking on a long weekend in Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2247.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/Amy%20and%20Reina%20Aug%202016.jpg A and R with sharks at the S.E.A Aquarium, Singapore. Photo by Tana. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2339.jpg R and T with sunken treasure. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2333.jpg Someone doesn't look happy being in charge of the push-chair. Meanwhile, R and Aunty A were inseparable. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2325.jpg Food court. While a reproduction in a modern building (Vivo City) this place had a lot of character and great food choices. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2319.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2315.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2310.jpg Select your own ingredients. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2304.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2286.jpg R https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2282.jpg 7 characters on Orchard Road https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2290.jpg Braised beef brisket noodle soup, Hong Kong style. Very delicious. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2255.jpg Delicious enough to drink the soup from the bowl. While Amy loves cooking, she is not usually this enthusiastic about eating. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2275.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2274.jpg You're really my grandmother? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2267.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2261.jpg Hotel room view towards the Singapore CBD. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2499.jpg So lovely https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2616.jpg About to share her birthday cake with her class https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2611.jpg About to share her birthday cake with her class https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2621.jpg The logistics of cake distribution https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0363.jpg A showing me her teeth during a Facetime chat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0415.jpg At a friends birthday, A was the first to volunteer to have a real live snake draped around her neck https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0390.jpg View north from RMIT https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/IMG_0497.jpg Student Services staff children's Christmas party https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2860.jpg It's only a couple of dollars to get it washed at a Rua Xe, but she insisted on doing it herself. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2981.jpg The obligatory Dragon photo - Suoi Tien https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF3006.jpg The wave pool - Suoi Tien https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2016/DSCF2980.jpg A more cooperative photo with the dragon, and appropriate for the end of 2016 - Suoi Tien 2021-10-30T03:30:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/IMG_0298.jpg After seeing Star Wars - The Force Awakens https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/IMG_1527.jpg The cat's name is Sushi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/IMG_0223.jpg K accompanied me on a trip to Hanoi. This is at the Lotte Tower lookout. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/IMG_0180.JPG After the RMIT Fun Run A made a new friend. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSCF0478.JPG On the way to school but needing more sleep. (Photo by Uyen) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSCF0471.JPG Amy on the balcony. (Photo by Uyen) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSCF0433.JPG Fun Run. (Photo by Uyen) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSCF0414a.JPG BVIS school production. A in the centre. (Photo by Uyen) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSCF0373.JPG Tet celebration at BVIS. (Photo by Uyen) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04732.jpg Enjoying the truffle oil and portobello mushrooms. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04734%20%281%29.jpg I had been wondering why the truffle oil was disappearing faster than I was using it. Eventually A owned up to taking swigs of it straight from the bottle. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04547.jpg Like Daddy https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04725.jpg Brought some portobello mushrooms back from Singapore. Not generally available in Vietnam. Prepared here with a parmesan and parsley topping, truffle oil drizzle, and a few sauteed button mushrooms to top it off. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04534.jpg New Zealand mussels (frozen) available in HCMC. Couldn't resist doing a couple of dishes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04497.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/12374742_1624503694477784_7914096658081358040_o.jpeg After the school production https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04465.jpg The "Snowmen" chorus - BVIS Year 2 production https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04493.jpg Proud parents https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04484.jpg A the Narrator https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04477.jpg A singing solo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04456.jpg The "Snowmen" - BVIS Year 2 production https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04441.jpg Xu Restaurant https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04437.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04431.jpg Saigon River https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04420.jpg Cu Chi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04430.jpg Saigon River https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04423.jpg Cu Chi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04399.jpg 46A Banh Xeo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04380.jpg War Remnants Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04324.jpg Bad habits https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04304.jpg Chocolate indulgence https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04259.jpg Another birthday party https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04248.jpg Uyen's birthday at Ichiban Sushi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04215.jpg Zoo 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04236.jpg Anthony and Tessa - at Xu https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04210.jpg Zoo 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04163.jpg A new cat joins the household https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04194.jpg Gin cured salmon and quinoa patties https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04118.jpg At a wedding https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04091.JPG Salmon patties on a corn and roast pepper salad. Yum. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04021.JPG This camera works! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04011a.JPG On the way to a wedding. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04009.JPG The fascination with film hasn't gone away... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04004.JPG a moment that wasn't supposed to be captured on "film" https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC04000.JPG After school - with her [current] favourite things, including the little pony castle. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03986.JPG "I'm not sure" - At the BVIS Tet Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03990.JPG Last day of school before Tet - into the BVIS bus... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03988.JPG Last day of school before Tet - in an Ao Dai https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03983.JPG Face painting - At the BVIS Tet Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03930.jpg Salmon now in the Vietnamese markets. Photo by David. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/DSC03981.JPG Interviewing A - At the BVIS Tet Festival https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2015/12241447_10153727659568536_6629431386270962706_n.jpeg Tyler 2015 2021-10-30T03:30:45.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/photo%203.JPG ...complete with NZ meat pies, mushy peas, and gravy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/photo%201.JPG ANZAC day activity in Saigon - a debate on Muldoon's 1970's statement that "New Zealands who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries." https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/P1030753.JPG Photo by A. She found this quite amusing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/photo%20%286%29.JPG With A and Zhong. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/photo%20%283%29.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/photo%20%282%29.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/P1030506.JPG Sentosa. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/P1030747.JPG Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0637.JPG Why? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0151.JPG Very Melbourne! Images projected on to a historic building... including pixies climbing up the columns! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0635.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0123.JPG An unexpected Melbourne bonus... a Nick Cave concert (with Warren Ellis, Thomas Wydler, Martyn Casey, and Barry Adamson). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0044.JPG Someone's birthday https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/IMG_0101.JPG Eager to get into the birthday cake. October 27th. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSCF0115.JPG British Vietnamese International School. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/Image067.jpg Old photo discovered on Uyen's old phone: 2009 - A a few months old. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSCF0235.JPG RMIT Fun Run. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSCF0109.JPG Made up for Halloween. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSCF0101.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03955.JPG Smiling with recently fixed teeth, just as the first of her baby teeth is preparing to fall out. Advance notice to the tooth fairy! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03952.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03948.JPG Suoi Tien water park on a Monday morning. So few people! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03933.JPG ...and Kareoke. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03936.JPG Tobogganing in real (machine generated) snow! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03925.JPG I could get used to Melbourne seafood markets. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03928.JPG The view from my hotel room window (in Swanston St) on the morning my departure. They are hot-air balloons in the distance, probably above the Botanical Gardens, which I had run around the day before. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03922.JPG ...as well as a screening of 20,000 Days on Earth and a post screening Q&A! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03923.JPG Victoria Market. All sorts! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03861.JPG A nice discovery prior to the screening of Interstellar at the Melbourne Museum's IMAX theatre - Australia's first computer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03854.JPG Off to Melbourne. A little more forward in the cabin than usual. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03845.JPG Working together at Daddy's desk. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03842.JPG How does this work? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03837.JPG What's "film"? I need some! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03796.JPG Making her own fun... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03792.JPG Carnival Day at RMIT https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03786.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03779.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03778.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03772.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03768.JPG Pagoda visit. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03743.JPG The hand basins in the bathroom of one of the restaurants. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03732.JPG Even had a cable car. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03712.JPG Got to stay at the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula for a couple of days. Reminded me of Wellington. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03569.JPG Assessing after dinner photos with our Singapore visitors https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03570.JPG Another of the photos https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03568.JPG One of the photos https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03559.JPG First cake baked and decorated https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03535.JPG Current favourite thing No. 1: Peacocks. Unfortunately no real ones at the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03546.JPG Current favourite thing No. 2: Mermaids. Again, no real ones at the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03534.JPG At home later https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03514.JPG Face painting at RMIT's Family Fun Day https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03294.JPG Camera in one hand, notebook and pen in the other. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03493.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03316.JPG Fun after sushi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03287.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03282.JPG Bubbles https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03274.JPG 3 generations https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03271.JPG The granddaughter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03268.JPG Back in Singapore, different hotel, similar great view. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03240.JPG Singapore Botanic Gardens https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03256.JPG Singapore airport https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03248.JPG A has an insatiable appetite for raw salmon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03237.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03234.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03232.JPG Back in Singapore. View from the hotel room. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03218.JPG Mother and daughter https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03222.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03206.JPG Tana and Zhong. Amy editing her photos in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03203.JPG Married https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03201.JPG The reason for the Singapore visit https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03182.JPG Sightseeing on a duck boat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03155.JPG Shopping for new shirt fabric https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03171.JPG A duck boat is an amphibious vehicle used during the Vietnam war. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03136.JPG Tiger https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03114.JPG Trampoline https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03131.JPG Zoo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03081.JPG At the Tet Flower Show - Crescent Plaza https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03087.JPG At the Tet Flower Show - Crescent Plaza https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03060.JPG After performance relaxation at the BVIS Tet Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03050.JPG A on the stage performing at the BVIS Tet Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03023.JPG T and A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03031.JPG There is a cat done there somewhere. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03017.JPG Tana and soon to be husband. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03018.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03012.JPG On the way home. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03005.JPG Black pepper crab. So much better than its more famous chilli counterpart. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03002.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC03000.JPG Ramen for breakfast. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02988.JPG Piranhas. River Safari, Amazon section. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02968.JPG Tropical rain forest, with real rain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02960.JPG At the Thian Hock Keng Temple. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02977.JPG River Safari https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02962.JPG Singapore Zoo. While it wasn't made of ice, it was very cold in there. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02945.JPG Chinatown https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02937.JPG At the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02921.JPG Chinatown. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02910.JPG Gardens By The Bay. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02900.JPG Amy checking the altitude from the highest walkway in the Cloud Forest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02886.JPG In the Flower Dome. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02876.JPG From the mouth of the Merlion. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02868.JPG Learning about the origins of Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02867.JPG The 37m Merlion and Amy on Sentosa Island. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02860.JPG The Fern &Kiwi was a nice find. No Moa beer though! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02857.JPG Clarke Quay. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02852.JPG Singapore Chilli crab. To a Vietnamese palate, they went pretty light on the chilli. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02839.JPG Destination: Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/DSC02845.JPG Those clouds look good from up here. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/Amy%202014-12-23.JPG Christmas in Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/23042011022.jpg Old photo discovered on Uyen's old phone: 2011 - doing a speech at Earth Day. Talked about the world I wanted for my daughter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/0185_001.jpg Waiting for the bus. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/0127.jpg Old photo discovered on Uyen's old phone: 2012 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/0121.jpg Old photo discovered on Uyen's old phone: 2012 - Unusual to get a photo of K, especially of her smiling. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2014/0126.jpg Old photo discovered on Uyen's old phone: 2012 2021-10-30T02:57:17.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSCF0241.JPG Tet 2013 - A's photograph of me. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02820.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02812.JPG Compared to a 2012 picture of Amy painting at this desk, it is a lot less messy now. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02807.JPG Watching The Simpsons. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02778.JPG A popular place to eat shellfish and snails. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02756.JPG A at Dam Sen Park - spent most of the day in the water. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02752.JPG Fun face painting at the Mid Autumn Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02743.JPG Mid Autumn (Moon Cake) Festival at RMIT. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02675.JPG Nearly as good as swimming https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02673.JPG Dancing in the rain https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02671.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02668.JPG Suoi Tien. Uyen in the red hat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02652.JPG Suoi Tien https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02642.JPG On the way to the Suoi Tien Water Park for a day's swimming. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02455.JPG At Giac Lam pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02420.JPG At Long Thanh Pagoda, on the far western edge of the city. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02439.JPG At Giac Lam pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02424.JPG At Long Thanh Pagoda, on the far western edge of the city. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02388.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02413.JPG At Long Thanh Pagoda, on the far western edge of the city. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02358.JPG Dai Giac Pagoda - Tet 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02379a.JPG Adrenaline junkie https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02371.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02366.JPG At a sushi restaurant on The Crescent with all the Tet flower display in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02349.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival - tired. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02342.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02327.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02318.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02312.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival. A the photographer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02301.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival - Year of the snake. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02296.JPG Tet 2013 - Nguyen Hue Blvd flower festival. A the photographer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02288a.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02273.JPG At Suoi Tien theme park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02281.JPG Suoi Tien water park. Saying she loves swimming is an understatement. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02254.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/DSC02256.JPG Gone are her earlier apprehensions about 'bouncy castles'. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/_MG_8739.jpg TV interview following the RMIT Fun Run https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/BBGV_Run2.jpg At the British Business Group Vietnam Fun Run, wearing our British Vietnam International School (BVIS) T-Shirts. Photo from the BVIS newsletter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/AmyWaiting.JPG Waiting for the school bus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/BBGV_Run1.jpg About 8,000 people participated. Amy on the left on her scooter. Photo from the BVIS newsletter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/Amy%20on%20Bike.JPG A enjoying her bicycle. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2013/Amy%20Cake.JPG 5 years old. Sitting by one of two birthday cakes people bought for her. 2021-09-07T09:36:32.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/Lily0000113.jpg Photo by Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0652.jpg Looking good in Angus's glasses. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/Lily000006.JPG Photo by Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0544.JPG Stumbled upon a wonderful Scotch bar, and enjoyed a Lagavulin with a friend. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0534.JPG This is the view from my (work) office window. For some reason the light at this point in time was beautiful. I had to take a picture. This is an unadulterated iPhone 4S photo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0539.JPG Had a Shopping Therapy trip to Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0234.JPG End of year performance at kindergarten. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0444.JPG A spent a few days in hospital and where she goes the iPad goes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0413.JPG Anyone would think I was obsessed with iDevices! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02233.JPG A day at Dam Sen park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/IMG_0212.JPG Last day of the kindergarten year. The prize? An angry bird. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02244.JPG Daddy's shelves have interesting stuff to play with! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02230.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: What? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02229.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: getting tired. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02223.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: at least he gets some exercise. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02210.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: in an ice pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02219.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: K, the shadow. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02207.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: the ice sculptures. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02205.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: Wasn't happy to leave the water. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02199.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: snacks between the swims. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02190.JPG A day at Dam Sen park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02196.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: a mouth full. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02186.JPG A day at Dam Sen park: Fun in the water park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02175.JPG A day at Dam Sen park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02172.JPG It's Amy's iPad! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02164.JPG Took A to a Carnival Day at the RMIT Recreation and Events Complex (REC). Posters already up for Graduation (Le Tot Nghiep). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02168.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02152.JPG Taken from the plane as we approached Tan Son Nhat Airport. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02152%20marked%20up.JPG Taken from the plane as we approached Tan Son Nhat Airport. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02116.JPG "Liberating" fish into the river adjacent to a pagoda nearby our house. In this case the fish may have preferred to stay in the bucket! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02142.JPG A's 4th birthday. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC02108.JPG Eating prawns https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01754.JPG Crescent Mall https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01752.JPG Crescent Mall https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01742.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01740.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01734.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01739.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01705.JPG Banh Xeo 46A with Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01703.JPG Banh Xeo 46A with Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01686.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC01696.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00621.JPG Another trip to the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00629.JPG At the zoo. She was a little hesitant at first, then she didn't want to leave. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00609.JPG This proved to be the start of a messy afternoon, but she had so much fun. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00615.JPG A little later. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00594.JPG Towards the end of a 7 hour wait at Hanoi airport. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00598.JPG Two stages of drawing development. That is, A has graduated from drawing on the chair to colouring-in books. Angry bird in attendance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00536.JPG K and friend at the NZWFF. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00561.JPG K and friend at the NZWFF. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00506.JPG 2012 New Zealand Wine and Food Festival in Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00500.JPG After A kept trying to take my camera from my hands to take the picture herself, I bought her one for herself. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00493.JPG 49 floors up. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00491.JPG On the observation deck of the Bitexco tower (49th floor). Tu Tiem peninsular in the immediate background, including one end of the tunnel that goes under the Saigon River. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00471.JPG Watching Avatar. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00453.JPG At the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00464.JPG Watching Avatar in HD on the recently acquired 46" LCD TV. She loved it, and watched the whole thing again several days later. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2012/DSC00447.JPG Another zoo visit. Not only does A love animals, she loves maps. 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Photo by Casey, a colleague who often stands on street corners taking photos. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_1124.JPG 12 weeks. Lunar New Year 2009. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_1116.JPG 12 weeks. Lunar New Year 2009. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_1119.JPG 12 weeks. Lunar New Year 2009. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_1115.JPG 12 weeks. Lunar New Year 2009. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/Amy6weeks3.JPG 6 weeks old https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/Amy6weeks1.JPG 6 weeks old https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/Amy6weeks2.JPG 6 weeks old https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/Amy1week.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/Amy1day.JPG Amelia and Uyen. A few hours old. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_0989.JPG Uyen at the NZWFF, Ho Chi Minh City, 2008. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2008/IMG_0987.JPG NZ Wine and Food Festival, Ho Chi Minh City, 2008 2021-09-07T09:15:17.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0721.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/Kariss-IPS.jpg Karissa was chosen as the "poster child" for her school because she has that international look. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0709.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0704.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0537.JPG Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0700.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2007/IMG_0599.jpg Tana, Uyen, and Karissa in front of one of the "Wonders of the World", a New Year exhibition at the Saigon Botanical Gardens. 2021-09-07T09:29:49.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Steveandhiswife_SkyLantern2006.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/wIMG_0001_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/IMG_0149a_1.jpg Karissa on the swing https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/IMG_0142a_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Image00035.jpg Vietnamese cuisine is exceptional, and I am lucky to be married to someone who has a passion for cooking. L to R: Duck salad made with an unusual tasting green vegetable, A beef and vegetable soup, BBQ'd prawns, Raw prawns with garlic chilli and mint, Capsicum salad. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/IMG_0138a_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/IMG_0136a_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/IMG_0133a_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Image00038.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Image00008.jpg The birthday again, which was at a sushi restaurant. She loves sushi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Image00001.jpg Karissa's birthday, 2006. 8 years old. One of the few photos of the 4 of us. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2006/Image00002.jpg Frisbee throwing lesson at the RMIT sports field. 2021-09-07T09:12:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/image15.jpg A streetside food stand in Bangkok, one of the reasons for this weekend visit (grilled squid with chilli sauce). Another was the clothes market in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/P1010542.jpg You know those times when it takes an eternity for someone to take the photo? At Kim and Philippe's 10 year re-wedding. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0039.jpg Karissa as a Chinese martial arts film hero at the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0046.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0025.jpg There are always lots of balloons at weddings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0013.jpg Saigon Zoo again, in a more peacful corner. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0010.jpg Playing at Saigon Zoo. Tet 2005. I spend a lot of time at the zoo, running. Some of the animals know me quite well now! But this was Karissa's day. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0011.jpg When running in the morning, with few people around, these play areas seem very out of place in what is supposed to be a botanical garden. But after seeing hundreds of children enjoying themselves here, I changed my mind. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0009.jpg Karissa on her 7th birthday, selecting ice cream after eating sushi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2005/100_0007a.jpg Karissa and Tana, Tet 2005 2021-09-07T09:09:16.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/101_0169.jpg What would a personal web site be without a picture of the master of the household. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0015.jpg Karissa - 6 years old. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0009.jpg Email is replacing the more traditional letters to Santa. But it is obviously taking its toll. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0008.JPG The view from our rooftop balcony during the fireworks at Tet 2004. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0035.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0037.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0029.JPG We had a nice spot by the river. NZ Wine and Food Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0033.JPG Returning with another dish to try. NZ Wine and Food Festival. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2004/100_0030.JPG NZ Wine and Food Festival. 2021-09-07T09:06:35.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0070.JPG I'll have that one. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/101_0147.JPG She started slow, but once she got going, I was holding on tightly to what I could of this little electric car. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0066.JPG Party time. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/103_0347.JPG Karissa during her Barbie phase. Tana is past hers, so is a little bored. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/103_0346.JPG Three generations. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/101_0157.JPG Immersed https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/101_0173.JPG Pleased with herself. She hadn't climbed this high before. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/100_0001.JPG Karissa has a very active imagination. The challenge will be how not to let her schooling destroy it. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0273.JPG Brothers posing after a tour of the Giac Lam Pagoda, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0275.JPG At the zoo. In the background is the Temple of King Hung Vuong. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0244.JPG Lonely Planet consultation at the Jade Emperor Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0221.JPG Mekong Delta https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0210.JPG At a restaurant on the Mekong delta. Karissa finally got to sit on a real horse at Angkor Wat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/101_0178.JPG Dinner on the balcony (1) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/102_0202.JPG Vinh Long, preparing the camera. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/101_0199.JPG Dinner on the balcony (2) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0019.JPG Mui Ne sand hills. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0041.JPG Clearly in holiday mode, Mui Ne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0038.JPG A lunch at Mui Ne - flower crab. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0015.JPG Mui Ne sand hills, with our sand sled vendors. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2003/IMG_0003.JPG Mui Ne weekend 2021-09-07T09:08:53.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/With%20the%20Zebra.jpg At the zoo with the Zebra https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/scan0170.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/scan0169.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/scan0162.jpg Tet Flower market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/scan0146.jpg Tana, Karissa, and friends at the Dam Sen park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/scan0092.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/At%20the%20zoo.jpg A trip to the zoo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/Karissa%20at%20Pagoda.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/Dam%20Sen%20Water.jpg At Dam Sen park with one of the cousins and one of the aunts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/Karissa%20looking%20cross.jpg Clearly an "I am not amused" look. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/Karissa%20and%20Parrot.jpg At the zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2002/Dam%20Sen%20Dino.jpg Dam Sen park 2021-09-07T09:10:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/scan0192.jpg Karissa and friend https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/Xmas%20Party.jpg Christmas party at the Little Playhouse kindergarten. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/scan0110.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/scan0111.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2001/scan0186.jpg 2021-09-07T09:13:56.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0174.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0179.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0177.jpg Karissa being dropped off at Fundino kindergarten. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0133.jpg Saigon Zoo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0172.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0159.jpg Ho An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0139.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0141.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/scan0131.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Rooftop%20bbq.jpg It might be out of focus, but for some reason I really like this picture. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/PhuocHai2.jpg Phuoc Hai weekend https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/PhuocHai4.jpg Phuoc Hai staff outing. Don in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Karissa%20VN%20clothes.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/KarissaOnBalcony.jpg 18 months https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Karissa%20Lens%20Cap.jpg She has wanted her own camera from an early age. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Karissa%20and%20Computer.jpg She started early. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Karissa%202.5.jpg At Fundino kindergarten. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/2000/Family%20at%20Tet.jpg Dressed and ready to go. 2021-09-07T09:10:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Swimming.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0190.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Steve_%26_Uyen.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0185.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0184.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0168.jpg At the Tet flower market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0165.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0154.jpg Tana https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0171.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0153.jpg Karissa would bring me water when I got back from a run. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0151.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0150.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0091.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa17m1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0148.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0135.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0099.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0101.jpg Me Linh St, before it became the access to the new Thi Nghe bridge. Karissa would like an early morning ride. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0098.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/scan0090.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa9m1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa10m2.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa1yr3.jpg At their one year birthday, children choose 3 items from a range of objects. What they choose is supposed to indicate their destiny. Karissa chose a book, a pen, and lipstick. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa9m3.jpg Karissa at 9 months, Tana 7 years. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa1yr2.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/FamilyXmas1999.jpg At a Chinese lantern display. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1999/Karissa.jpg 4 Faces of Karissa 2021-09-07T09:11:49.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0160.jpg Uyen and Tana, with Karissa well on the way. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0108.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0115.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0109.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/Karissa%201%20day.jpg One day old. Life's priorities certainly shifted on this day. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0107.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/scan0093.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1998/karissa3m2.jpg Karissa at 3 months 2021-09-07T09:10:51.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/IMG_2761.jpeg Early days in Saigon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0187.jpg Tana with cousins on her 5th birthday. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0143.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0114.jpg On a boat in the Mekong Delta https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0113.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0102.jpg Uyen's fathers grave. Regular deliveries are made of flowers, food, cigarettes, clothes, and money. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0100.jpg Tana https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0089.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0088.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0087.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0081.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0086.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0085.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0053.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0080.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0056.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0052.jpg Tana with her great grandmother. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/1997/scan0003.jpg 2021-10-30T03:30:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/DSCF5591.jpg Dorothy the bride, with the Camden family 1957 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/DSCF5587.jpg Ted in the shack https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/DSCF5590.jpg The Ted Paris Aces https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000018.jpg Castlepoint https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000027.jpg Columbo Road https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/scan0104.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/scan0105.jpg Me, second from left, with uncles and cousins. Late 1960's. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000017.jpg Appear to have started with the bold shirts quite early https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000013.jpg Tararua Ranges https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000011.jpg Tararua Ranges https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000010.jpg Climbing Mt Holdsworth in the snow https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/000012.jpg Rocky Lookout? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-08%20at%2022.16.40.png It was this big! ... OK Nina https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-08%20at%2022.14.06.png At Angus and Caroline's - early 1990's https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Family/Really_Old/IMG_2756.jpeg Ayuthaya - mid 1990's 2021-10-30T03:30:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Goodbye%20RMIT.jpg 2021-10-30T03:30:45.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Fulbright/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Fulbright/1st%20FUV%20Student%20Council%20Jan%202021-2.jpg Celebratory lunch with all those involved with Fulbrights first generation Student Council. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Fulbright/IMG_2888.jpeg Launch of the Fulbright OneStop service point. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Fulbright/IMG_1487.jpg Celebrating the end of the codesign year. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Fulbright/IMG_1485.jpg 2021-09-07T09:29:49.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/82217632_3428367787174632_8410885390517354394_n.jpeg Catch-up at Pizza 4ps - 2020 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/88116059_10221920030933560_2004698241928527872_n.jpeg Ruby's farewell from RMIT lunch - 2020 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/64761979_10157254255079137_5073991981726695424_n.jpeg Ngoc and Eric pre-departure at SOL Butcherant - 2019 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/65375940_10157254254999137_5362500233672523776_n.jpeg The 306 crew https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/64771871_10157254254959137_3184293615157379072_n.jpeg 306 crew https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/64789664_10157254254854137_3864435290303102976_n.jpeg Ngoc and Eris pre-departure at Speakeasy - 2019 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/40980458_10156582976811649_5105987117259948032_n.jpeg Leaving party - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/60320713_10157011782446136_8186984256392658944_n.jpeg Keith's wake https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/59871146_10156998929541136_8100431220745175040_o.jpeg Early days at RMIT were a little wilder! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/45273991_10161073222205068_7095543069734338560_n.jpeg The graduation organizing team with Conrad https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/43220541_1155244731289521_2971820500692500480_n.jpeg Hanoi Student Activities team 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/42863943_10217363619546123_4412978686463049728_n.jpeg Hanoi 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/40772600_10156141746734160_6011819033068830720_n.jpeg Leaving party - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/41057430_10156141746754160_623221457119346688_n.jpeg Leaving party - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/40493952_10217291260456435_379179950776778752_n.jpeg Leaving party - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/40044394_1899621360117235_1824339783346814976_o.jpeg The Student Council response to my leaving RMIT https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/38262101_10156520308844137_7630210745115869184_n.jpeg Oc Linh - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/35781341_10155677871986344_6680954399252021248_n.jpeg Student Services training day https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/31841413_1735676166511756_4086731175362560000_n.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/27066777_1867024519975641_855425709932311185_n.jpeg 306 crew https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/27332386_10156141385887059_4111955877181307019_n.jpeg Conrad's leaving lunch - 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/27540120_10156046856614137_8297199949424659947_n.jpeg Tet party 2018 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/25626407_837893019715907_1466268982812323378_o.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/24176785_10155448935188402_9109740044031023492_n.jpeg Boomerang hangout with Don and Julian - 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/24059707_1794556117222482_7796110561035975050_o.jpeg 306 crew at Halloween 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/21318948_1499132160166159_4778150928883261905_o.jpeg With the Student Council 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/18156160_1364256193653757_2749854636741445950_o.jpeg Addressing the Student Council Election Ceremony 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/17879973_1413752418668038_3657962964004228390_o.jpeg Trying to look natural in front on lots of people - 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/16194921_1454365584574872_1574445941617072414_n.jpeg 306 crew at the 2016 Graduation https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/15874945_1438454202832677_4761664849354005852_o.jpeg Tet party 2017 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/885429_797188577073724_2517993054651974050_o.jpeg I think this was taken before a performance of Peter Pan - 2015 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/12342783_928784950491277_1950031680727485255_n.jpeg Ngoc's graduation - 2015 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/12279103_925501117486327_2820601518158365665_n.jpeg Ngoc's graduation - 2015 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/12341642_1514524452193436_7329142798458954549_n.jpeg Graduation team 2015 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1974248_10153233620396649_4687819250540156578_o.jpeg Addressing a Student Services gathering 2015 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/10462801_10152642023609734_6101873025685865599_n.jpeg Scholarship recipient then and now - 2014 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1397089_765960490087038_12717553_o.jpeg Graduation 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1417576_765960616753692_1542130411_o.jpeg Graduation 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1397142_10201370812728809_690012030_o.jpeg Graduation 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/259856_429056800483017_125179340_n.jpeg Sports event - 2012 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/134797_373799009371183_653214895_o.jpeg Golden Key event - 2012 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/305314_2156418150073_62861899_n.jpeg 2011 Student Council Establishment Committee https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/154885_464564568994_1985883_n.jpeg Trying to organise the graduation. First time in the REC - 2010 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/40803_1249053645234_4678529_n.jpeg Embarrassing myself doing martial arts 2010 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/34252_1213900006415_1553977_n.jpeg 2010 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1936151_162163015089_6554358_n.jpeg Golden Key speech 2009 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/2947_98112945089_7230481_n.jpeg 2009 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/1909561_150636538893_500443_n.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/100_0005.jpg What greeted the guests to the Saigon South campus opening (2005). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/106-0624_IMG.JPG Just to prove that I did do it. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Cultural_Festival_Hawaii.jpg The Hawaii team, and guests, at the Cultural Festival, June 2005. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/105-0578_IMG.JPG The RMIT team that participated in the Terry Fox Run 2003. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_0384.JPG A group of great students who worked really hard to establish RMIT Vietnam's first Student Council in 2011/2012. Very proud of them. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/DSC00418.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_3434.JPG Inside the Learning Resource Center. Actually this was a posed shot for a newspaper. It made the front page! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_0728.JPG Strategy discussions at the Metro Bar, Phnom Penh. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/UPP1.JPG I learnt a lot from this group about how to keep students motivated and focussed on the task at hand (2003). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/6L0V9861.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/6Y4R1917.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Graduation2005-1.jpg The 2005 Graduation - graduates and vips in front of the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Graduation2004.jpg Not being one for pomp and ceremony, RMIT's first formal graduation was an interesting challenge to organise and participate in. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Graduation2005-2.jpg Graduation 2005 - inside the Opera House. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Hanoi.jpg Graduation 2008 in Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Graduation2005-3.jpg Briefing the students and ushers before the event. Everything went quite smoothly, so someone must have been listening. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/HCMC%20Graduation_4.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/HCMC%20Graduation_3.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/HCMC.jpg Graduation 2008 in Saigon at the Hoa Binh Theatre. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/HCMCSteps.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Image00037.jpg My turn. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_0104.JPG Preparations, Hanoi Opera House 2014. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Image00036.jpg 2006 Graduation. Had the Australian Prime Minister as keynote speaker which added a few new factors to consider. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_0107.JPG What would we do without mobile devices? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_0551.JPG Preparations for 2012 in the REC https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_1091.JPG Graduation in Hanoi in 2008 was at the Temple of Literature. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_8654.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/UPP2.JPG Three students from one of the first classes I taught graduating from their University Preparation Program. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_8707.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/RL2G5356.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/UPP3.jpg Some future business leaders in this group. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/UPP4.jpg The last UPP group I taught before beginning my new role. This award ceremony in Dec 04 made me miss teaching. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Hanoi%20Group.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/REC.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Hanoi%20Proceedings.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Rehearsal.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/SGS%20Session%201%20Proceedings.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/SGS%20Session%202%20Group.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/SGS%20Session%201%20Group.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Trenches.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/saigon_south_night_view.jpg Some of the design features of the Saigon South campus building are controversial, but it certainly can look impressive. July 2005. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/SGS2.jpg The new RMIT Vietnam campus building as of early August 2004. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Image00006.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/SGS3.jpg The new RMIT Vietnam campus building as of mid November 2004. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/2017-06-15-12-05-21.jpg YU3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/DSCF7345.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_1326.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_1342.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/IMG_3406.jpeg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/RMIT/Keith.jpg 2021-10-30T03:30:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/1119852_10201070857385969_773657410_o.jpeg On the rooftop of CamNet office, 1999, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/binhquoi.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/Steve%208.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/gener24.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/Opening%20Party.jpg Extramedia's Saigon office opening party https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out7.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out19.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out25.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out21.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/out26.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/P5180066.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/P5180101.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/P5180067.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/P5180111.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/P5180126.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/scan0137.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/scan0136.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/scan0138.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/Staff%20at%20office%20opening.jpg Extramedia's Saigon office opening party https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/steve%2C%20loc%20%26%20negraponte-low.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/steve%26group%20at%20medialab-low.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/SUTRIX04.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/ExtraSutrix_Media/whole%20group%20in%20front%20of%20dome.jpg 2021-10-30T03:30:45.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/scan0063.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/scan0064.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/scan0024.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/scan0062.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Apple_1996/scan0023.jpg 2021-09-07T09:07:42.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/scan0108.jpg Khin Nyunt (Secretary 1) at an Apple Education presentation. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/scan0109.jpg 1995 - Apple VIPS and staff of the Apple store in Yangon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/scan0003.jpg Teaching the basics of HTML, which in 1995 was quite basic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/scan0070.jpg In Mandalay, probably talking about multimedia. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/Myanmar12.JPG Taken with a Quicktake camera, one of the first digital cameras. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/Myanmar14.JPG Taken with a Quicktake camera, one of the first digital cameras. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/Myanmar9.JPG 1994 - Opening day of the Apple shop in Yangon. Taken with an Apple Quicktake camera. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Life_and_Work/Work/Myanmar_1995/Myanmar6.JPG Taken with a Quicktake camera, one of the first digital cameras. 2021-09-07T09:09:37.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/index.html 2022-05-15T09:47:13.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3618.jpeg Looking up the Perfume River from Hue early one misty morning. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF1499.jpeg Only photo of me on the bike. Flawed but documentary. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3616.jpeg Thien Mu Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3640.jpeg Bell house - Thien Mu Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3632.jpeg Maintenance - Thien Mu Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3645.jpeg Winter - Thien Mu Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3649.jpeg Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3648.jpeg Selfie - Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF1637.jpeg Photo by A - Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3662.jpeg Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3652.jpeg The literature - Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3653.jpeg The literature 2 - Temple of Literature https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3699.jpeg Our Hue Eco Lodge residence https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3603.jpeg Hue Eco Lodge pool 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3606.jpeg Hue Eco Lodge pool 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/IMG_2328.jpeg Hue Eco Lodge pool 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3612.jpeg Hue Eco Lodge pool 4 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3672.jpeg Hue Imperial City https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3681.jpeg Ruins - Hue Imperial City https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3698.jpeg Hue Imperial City https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3670.jpeg Hue food at the Dong Ba Market. This is the stall that features in Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown episode on Hue . https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3709.jpeg Google Maps was essential for navigating the labyrinthine rural laneways around Hue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF1732.jpeg On the road. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3715.jpeg Hilltop cemetery near Hue. with the morning sun poking through the mist. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3717.jpeg Hilltop cemetery - near Hue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3719.jpeg Abandoned theme park 1 - parking https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3725.jpeg Abandoned theme park 2 - the dragon's paw https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3741.jpeg Abandoned theme park 3 - the dragon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3731.jpeg Abandoned theme park 4 - navigating the perimeter https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3745.jpeg Abandoned theme park 5 - the interior https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3748.jpeg Mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3761.jpeg Mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3765.jpeg Mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3782.jpeg Princess Huyen Tran Shrine. With Free WiFi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF1965.jpeg Princess Huyen Tran Shrine - Photo by A, https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3785.jpeg The statute of Maitreya wearing a smile on his face - Huyen Tran Cultural Centre. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF1620.jpeg Selfie by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3790.jpeg Buddha statue workshop - rural Hue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/IMG_2340.jpeg Cooking class - Hue Eco Lodge - Fig stir fried with shrimp and pork. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF2125.jpeg On the road from Hue to Hoi An - in the rain - Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3797.jpeg The weather clears a little before we reach the Hai Van Pass. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3808.jpeg Hai Van Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3803.jpeg Hai Van Pass summit - and it was cold. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3816.jpeg Fishing boats - Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3819.jpeg Grilled Banh Trang - Vietnam pizza - a Hoi An street food delicacy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3854.jpeg Doorway - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3861.jpeg Bazar Café &Restaurant - Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3859.jpeg Bazar Café &Restaurant - Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3839.jpeg Photo ops on the unusually quiet streets - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3855.jpeg Hoi An market - looking for dried Cao Lau noodles. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/IMG_2376.jpeg Mulberry Collection Hotel - in the very cold pool. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/IMG_2386.jpeg A smarter approach to enjoying the cold pool. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3831.jpeg Riverside cafe. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3836.jpeg No doubt photographed millions of times, but lighting was very effective. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF3822.jpeg Contemplating Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hue_Hoi_An_2020/DSCF2410.jpeg First time in Business Class - returning from Da Nang 2020 2021-10-30T03:30:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1696.jpg Welcome to New Zealand - Paierau Rd https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1195.jpg Christmas tree decorating - David's house https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1205.jpg Christmas tree decorating - David's house https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1209.jpg Wairarapa sunset https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1219.jpg The Wairarapa countryside - Julie &Rod's house https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1223.jpg At one... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1242.jpg Which is 413C? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1260.jpg Coming soon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1283.jpg Is this the Doctor? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1288.jpg We need the Doctor! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_1627.jpg Discovering DB https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1277.jpg Wellington Airport https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IANC004E46103-IANC386801665.jpg Antarctic Centre - photo may not represent the reality https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1296.jpg A cold experience - Antarctic Centre https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1311.jpg We love Kaikoura https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1315.jpg Looking good 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1317.jpg Let me check... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1324.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1329.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1340.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1355.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 4 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1367.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 5 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1376.jpg We really did see a whale up close https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1384.jpg Whale Watch Log https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8068.jpg Kaikoura waterfront 6 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1392.jpg Trans Alpine Express 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1227.jpg Trans Alpine Express - reflection - photo by Amy https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1398.jpg Trans Alpine Express 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1402.jpg Outdoor kitchen, SVA's Hut, Woodpecker Bay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1415.jpg SVA's Hut, Woodpecker Bay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1426.jpg View of Woodpecker Bay from SVA's Hut https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1434.jpg Fern frond. New beginnings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1452.jpg Preparing the camp fire for toasted marshmellows https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1460.jpg It was cold outside https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8365.jpg Toasting marshmellows - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1473.jpg The marshmellows were a success https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1477.jpg Even the wekas came for a marshmellow https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1481.jpg West coast sunset https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1496.jpg Looking good 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1498.jpg Entering Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1505.jpg Sinkhole. Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1509.jpg Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8498.jpg Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1512.jpg Takaka Valley lookout 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1341.jpg Takaka Valley lookout - photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1345.jpg Takaka Valley lookout 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1346.jpg Takaka Valley lookout 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8512.jpg Takaka Valley lookout 4 - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8537.jpg Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) dinner - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1520.jpg Weka feeding - Canaan Downs (Chetwood Forest) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1523.jpg Quartz Clearing - Kahurangi forest 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1525.jpg Quartz Clearing - Kahurangi forest 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1528.jpg Quartz Clearing - Kahurangi forest 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1535.jpg Quartz Clearing - The log cabin https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1539.jpg Quartz Clearing - Kahurangi forest 4 - It was cold https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1545.jpg Quartz Clearing - Off The Grid activities https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1553.jpg Weka country https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1560.jpg Christmas @ Paierau Rd 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1564.jpg Christmas @ Paierau Rd 2 - Two brothers and a brother-in-law. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1571.jpg Christmas @ Paierau Rd 3 - it was this big!!! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1577.jpg Christmas @ Paierau Rd 4 - more whipped cream? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8665.jpg Kindred spirits - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1585.jpg 1973 photo recreation attempt 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/Siblings%201973-2019.jpg 1973 photo recreation attempt - Final https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8684.jpg 1973 photo recreation attempt 2 - photo by Uyen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1600.jpg Under the whale ribs - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1622.jpg Cousins - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1625.jpg Rocky shoreline lesson - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/IMG_8714.jpg Going to the beach in a tractor - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1652.jpg Retrieving a garden feature - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1653.jpg After collecting sea snails - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1668.jpg Surfing - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1675.jpg The surfer - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1686.jpg Garden feature complete - Glenburn - Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1692.jpg Good luck will bless those who help weed this garden - Paierau Rd https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1691.jpg Weeding the garden - Paierau Rd https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1701.jpg The wizards - Weta Workshop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1713.jpg With Virgil in Thunderbird 2 - Weta Workshop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1722.jpg Finally... ramen - Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2019/DSCF1724.jpg 2021-09-07T10:21:01.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0333.jpg R, T, and A, Boat Quay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0336.jpg Hungry pigeons https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0338.jpg Not so hungry pigeons https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0344.jpg A and R, Boat Quay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0746.jpg Afternoon snack at Boat Quay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0349.jpg Afternoon snack at Boat Quay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0350.jpg How to turn these pieces into a racing car? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0361.jpg Ceiling, Funan Centre. Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0624.jpg First Tokyo ramen restaurant to earn a Michelin star. Now in Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0484.jpg Tsuta ramen. So good. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0369.jpg At Funan Centre. She got to the top. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0329.jpg Goodies at Typo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0375.jpg With Alice. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0390.jpg Visual illusions at the Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0395.jpg Visual illusions at the Art Science Museum. Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0399.jpg Sisters https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0414.jpg Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0416.jpg A darker reimagining of Alice. Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum. Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0424.jpg A darker wite rabbit. Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0425.jpg Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0431.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0437.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0441.jpg Why is that bird looking at me like that? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0446.jpg A shorter Alice https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0449.jpg Tea party. Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0451.jpg The Cheshire Cat. Alice in Wonderland. Art Science Museum https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0458.jpg Gardens by the Bay https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0877.jpg Abstract. Super Tree Grove. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0888.jpg Self portrait. Super Tree Grove. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0478.jpg Tree walk. Super Tree Grove. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0479.jpg Super Tree Grove. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0488.jpg Seen on the MRT https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2019/DSCF0490.jpg Sisters on the MRT 2021-10-30T02:24:12.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0014.jpg Buddha on Nui Sam mountain https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0011.jpg Pagoda on Nui Sam mountain https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0021.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0037.jpg Putting fish out to dry - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF9988.jpg Preserved bird - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0039.jpg Preserved fish vendors - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0045.jpg Preserved fish - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0050.jpg Preserved fish vendor - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0052.jpg Preserved fish - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0058.jpg Fish heads - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0064.jpg A moment - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0068.jpg Preserved - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0070.jpg Pickled onion with guest - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0073.jpg Condiments - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0077.jpg Preserved fish - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0086.jpg Preserved river crab seller - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0080.jpg Bun Mam (fermented fish soup) - one of my favourites - Chau Doc market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Chau_Doc_2019/DSCF0102.jpg View of the Mekong Delta from Victoria Nui Sam Resort - Chao Doc. 2021-09-07T10:21:01.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0906.jpg Selfie 1 of 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0577.jpg Hoi An bustle https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0595.jpg Rooftop pool and wine https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0597.jpg Rooftop pool and coconut https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0922.jpg Rooftop pool and wine. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0935.jpg Underwater selfie https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0614.jpg Rooftop pool https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0637.jpg Ba Na Hill Cable Car https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0641.jpg Ba Na Hill Cable Car https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0650.jpg Ba Na Hill Cathedral Band. One of the pieces they played was "Smoke on the Water"! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0651.jpg Living work of art 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0655.jpg Living work of art 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0659.jpg Living work of art 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0665.jpg We were in the Victor Hugo room. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0669.jpg Performance. Ba Na Hill https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0675.jpg Celebration of beer. Ba Na Hill https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0686.jpg Celebration of Life. Ba Na Hill https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0689.jpg Interesting crowd. Ba Na Hill performance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0698.jpg Golden Bridge. Ba Na Hill. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0705.jpg One of the few authentic things on Ba Na Hill. An old French villa. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0706.jpg One of the few authentic things on Ba Na Hill. An old French villa. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0718.jpg Real life depicted in the garden. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0722.jpg Photo opportunity 1024 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0726.jpg The pawn, A, and the castle https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0729.jpg Inside the maze. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0749.jpg Looking out towards the Hai Van Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0757.jpg Looking out towards Danang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0768.jpg Specialities of the restaurant. Ba Na Hill. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0772.jpg Ba Na Hill walk https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0777.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0974.jpg Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0781.jpg Danang from Ba Na Hill. Two Buddha statues overlook Danang - the one on the lower right of this frame - and the white object on the peninsula just beyond the city. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0787.jpg Our hotel was appropriately named. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0796.jpg Angels https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0861.jpg As in Osaka a year earlier, A and Steve took advantage of a portrait drawing artist. Not a caricature like the Osaka image, but it has its qualities. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/B081210048.jpg Obligatory adrenaline rush https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0813.jpg Untitled. Ba Na Hill. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0819.jpg This wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano was real, on its way to one of the restaurants. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0826.jpg Robot assisted pagoda bell ringing. Ba Na Hill. Danang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0841.jpg Contemplating https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0856.jpg Departure https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An-Ba_Na_2019/DSCF0857.jpg 2021-09-07T10:02:17.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/Ramen.jpg Steve's title Ramen shop. Tokyo Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7933.jpg The first bowl of ramen in Japan. Tokyo Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7950.jpg Instant ramen and coffee for breakfast. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7942.jpg Black miso soup at Tsunahachi Tempura https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7971.jpg Owl cafe. Harajuku, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7973.jpg Owl cafe. Harajuku, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF7988.jpg Owl cafe. Harajuku, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8001.jpg The guitar used by Gearge Harrison in Magical Mystery Tour. Ginza. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8003.jpg Restaurants under the railway tracks. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8005.jpg A corner of Tokyo that time forgot. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8007.jpg Guide for our first food tour around inner Tokyo backstreets. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8008.jpg That single mango is selling for US$146. Having tried a $5 mandarin from this shop, it is likely a very tasty mango! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8013.jpg Dusk in Ginza, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8014.jpg Cheesecake in Shinbashi, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8017.jpg I like the Mercure Hotel chain. Their aesthetic is quirky. Mercure Tokyo Ginza. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8024.jpg Asimo has been around a while. Still a very impressive piece of technology. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8031.jpg Video globe. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8032.jpg National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8036.jpg A real rocket engine. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8037.jpg This robot responds to your presence and gestures. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8041.jpg National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8052.jpg Part of the Tokyo Design Exhibition. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8054.jpg Part of the Tokyo Design Exhibition. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8058.jpg Part of the Tokyo Design Exhibition. National Museum of Emerging Science and Arts. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8063.jpg Approaching the Tokyo Skytree. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8070.jpg Gacha. They were everywhere. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8082.jpg Cheesecake. Skytree. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8091.jpg Don't look down. Skytree. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8079.jpg Dusk over Tokyo. Skytree. The sun really was red. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8098.jpg Photo opportunity. Ginza, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8109.jpg Uni heaven. Tsukiji market. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8111.jpg Uni heaven. Tsukiji market. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8112.jpg And I thought New Zealand mussels were big. With Naomi from Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8116.jpg Selecting prawns for making tempura. With Naomi from Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8117.jpg Prawns. Tsukiji Market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8125.jpg Helping making sushi rice. Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8131.jpg Sushi knife technique. Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8139.jpg Fun making sushi rolls. Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8153.jpg Tempura preparation. Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8154.jpg Cooking tempura. Tsukiji Cooking School. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8163.jpg This used to be a large fish. Tsukiji market. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8164.jpg Tsukiji market. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8166.jpg A was hungry. I was thirsty. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8170.jpg Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8174.jpg Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8183.jpg Udon shop. Loved this place. Ginza, Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8190.jpg The origins of Itoya. Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8105.jpg Ethereal. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8195.jpg Itoya. Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8199.jpg After shopping at Itoya. Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8205.jpg After shopping at Itoya. Ginza. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8214.jpg A lost a tooth. We buried it under this tree. A piece of her remains in Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8220.jpg Ramen shop. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8227.jpg Some of the best ramen comes from hole in the wall type places. This ramen was very delicious. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8231.jpg Delicious. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8233.jpg Some of the best ramen comes from hole in the wall type places. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8241.jpg Some of the best ramen comes from hole in the wall type places. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/IMG_0399.jpg Instant ramen based on that from a Michelin starred ramen restaurant. Available at 7-Eleven. It was very very good. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8259.jpg Good fortune. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8262.jpg Mother and daughter owners of a rice cracker shop open for many decades. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8273.jpg Fugu fin (puffer fish) infused sake. Delicious. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8277.jpg Eating fugu sashimi. She really did it! Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8279.jpg I loved there little bar/restaurant places. You can tell it was hot in Tokyo at this time. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8280.jpg Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8285.jpg Pet accessories shop. A particularly liked the R2-D2 cat house at the top. Shibuya. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8288.jpg Miso choice. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8291.jpg Miso sampling. The expert, with our guide Michelle. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8303.jpg On a restaurant wall. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8309.jpg Yakatori. At the standing bar. Usually for locals only. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8313.jpg Yakatori. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8316.jpg Decades of making people happy. Culinary Backstreets tour. Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8329.jpg Seemed a little incongruous but Tokyo is like that. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8333.jpg Last night in Tokyo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8338.jpg On the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) to Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8349.jpg Relaxing at an onsen/ryokan in the hills near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8362.jpg Relaxing at an onsen/ryokan in the hills near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8368.jpg At a ryokan in the hills near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8371.jpg First course of a kaiseki dinner. Uni. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8391.jpg A course of a kaiseki dinner. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8415.jpg A quick dip after dinner. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8420.jpg Throughout Japan there was this user interface challenge. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8421.jpg Yukata. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8428.jpg Breakfast. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8437.jpg Breakfast. Miso soup. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8440.jpg Every room had a name. A ryokan near Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8457.jpg Gyoza. Cooking class in Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8476.jpg Midori, our teacher, explaining the ingredients of Okonomiyaki. Octopus in hand. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8480.jpg The Okonomiyaki in the pan. Cooking class. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8492.jpg Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8495.jpg Gin Bar. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8503.jpg Beef bbq place. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8505.jpg Beef bbq place. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8511.jpg Beef bbq place. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8514.jpg Beef bbq place. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8515.jpg A's namesake. Beef bbq place. Pontocho Restaurant Street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8522.jpg He was worth a tip. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8526.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8533.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8543.jpg The fox. Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8551.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8558.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8559.jpg Cleansing water. Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8563.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8569.jpg Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8570.jpg Real crab sticks. Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8574.jpg The art of making coffee. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8579.jpg Cat cafe. I suspect the proprietor knew her cats better than she knew any people. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8582.jpg Izakaya (drinking with a variety of Japanese food offerings). Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8585.jpg Nishiki Market. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8521.jpg Fujita Kaiseki restaurant. The culinary highlight of the Japan trip. Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8589.jpg Relaxation. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8623.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8602.jpg Fujita Kaiseki restaurant. The culinary highlight of the Japan trip. Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8611.jpg Fujita Kaiseki restaurant. The culinary highlight of the Japan trip. Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8617.jpg Our culinary guide at the Fujita Kaiseki restaurant. The culinary highlight of the Japan trip. Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8614.jpg The culinary guide book at the Fujita Kaiseki restaurant. The culinary highlight of the Japan trip. Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8630.jpg Pontocho street. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8631.jpg Probably a good restaurant down here. Kyoto. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8640.jpg Adding kewpie mayo to okonomiyaki. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8651.jpg Happy in Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8654.jpg Live crab. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8656.jpg Dotonbori food street. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8663.jpg Takoyaki. Dotonbori food street. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8665.jpg Making takoyaki. Dotonbori food street. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8675.jpg Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter World. Universal Studios. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8678.jpg Snow in 40 degree celsius heat. Magic. Harry Potter World. Universal Studios. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8680.jpg New student. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter World. Universal Studios. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8695.jpg Where is Hagrid? Harry Potter World. Universal Studios. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8700.jpg Practicing with the new wand. Harry Potter World. Universal Studios. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8709.jpg View from our hotel room. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8717.jpg Kitchen street. Namba. Osaka. I could have filled a truck if I had one available. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8724.jpg The sushi chefs here were clearly artisans. Namba. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8728.jpg Tempura restaurant. The fresh cheese tempura with yuzu jam was particularly good. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8732.jpg The wine bar was closed. Namba. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8744.jpg Men at work. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8747.jpg Nankai Namba Station. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8754.jpg Teppankaki dinner including Kobe wagyu. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8758.jpg A choice of salt. Teppankaki dinner. Osaka. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8768.jpg Osaka airport. Goodbye Japan. We will be back. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Japan_2018/DSCF8763.jpg 2021-09-07T10:18:58.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6719.jpg Breakfast stop. Surveying the locality (Long An). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6720.jpg Kitted out. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6724.jpg The first ferry crossing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6726.jpg Photo opportunity https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/P1040417.jpg On a ferry. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6728.jpg On a ferry. The biggest bike in the the group was a Honda 919 (CB900F). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/P1040431.jpg The coolest bike was of course the SR400. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6733.jpg Checking the lunch order https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6735.jpg Spent the afternoon at the hotel pool https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6738.jpg "She is like a fish" an observer commented. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6741.jpg Swimming technique is improving https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/IMG_0887.jpg Instax moment 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/IMG_0888.jpg Instax moment 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6743.jpg Learning to play pool https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6747.jpg Getting it https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6754.jpg Night shot. Ilford 400 emulation. My favorite B&W film a few decades ago! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6757.jpg Hotel garden by night (Victoria Can Tho) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/P1040471.jpg Out on the Mekong https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6760.jpg Riverside timber business https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6767.jpg Can Tho floating market - vendors servicing tourists - and there were a lot of tourists. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6773.jpg Despite the proliferation of vendors to service tourists, there were still wholesale vendors operating. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6774.jpg Living on the Mekong https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6784.jpg Making Hu Tieu noodles step 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/P1040525.jpg Making Hu Tieu noodles step 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6779.jpg Making Hu Tieu noodles step 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6783.jpg Making Hu Tieu noodles - how to photo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6793.jpg Documenting the candy maker https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6800.jpg River life https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6806.jpg Stroll in a tropical fruit garden 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6807.jpg Stroll in a tropical fruit garden 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/P1040574.jpg Affixing the baggage for the trip back to HCMC. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6814.jpg Parked up for lunch. The SR400 was such fun to ride, even on the straight back roads of the Delta https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/DSCF6809.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Can_Tho_2018/IMG_0874.jpg The last ferry ride. The novelty had worn off by now. 2021-09-07T10:01:59.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5028.jpg Hoi An... famous for its lanterns... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5035.jpg ...and food. These being fridge magnet renditions of various Hoi An favourites. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF4982.jpg Lunch at the Nữ Eatery soon after arrival. I loved their grilled pineapple and watermelon salad, and... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF4984.jpg ...A found the pumpkin soup quite divine. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF4987.jpg Uyen bargaining with a fruit seller. Here it was just to warm up. When shopping later she consistently got vendors down 50-70%. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF4995.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5003.jpg Cao Lau, one of my favorite Vietnamese dishes, originating from Hoi An. The pickled shallots were an interesting differentiator of this implementation. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5217.jpg Street side Cao Lau. Excellent chilli jam in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5005.jpg Cao Lau and Mi Quang may be the native noodle dishes in the Hoi An and Danang area, but Phở is ubiquitous in Vietnam. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5007.jpg Evening romance on the river. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5015.jpg And they weren't alone! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5019.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5023.jpg He is loading some preserved baby crabs into that jar. I don't know how they are preserved, but they keep for a few weeks. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5026.jpg A couple of domestic stories going on here. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5036.jpg Hoi An portrait. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5048.jpg This Fagan-like character was playing at one of the more well known Hoi An restaurants - Mango Mango. His French sogs were great, and he did Johnny Cash proud as well. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5052.jpg The reality of the Hoi An Old Quarter in the evenings. This is a major tourist spot. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5058.jpg More Hoi An night time street life. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5064.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5068.jpg Off on a trip into the hills in a Jeep. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5085.jpg I would rather have been on a motorcycle, but this was a way better way to see the countryside than from a car or bus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5096.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5075.jpg Looking up, inside a Cham temple. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5077.jpg Looking out from the Cham temple. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5083.jpg The sun was sufficiently intense that an umbrella and hat were necessary accessories. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5088.jpg Hill 55, where thousands of French, Americans, and Vietnamese had died defending this strategic hill to the west of Danang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5092.jpg Our transport awaits. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/IMG_2470.JPG.jpg Encountering security at the home of the past King of the K'Tu people. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/IMG_2474.JPG.jpg We became friends. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5102.jpg The past King of the K'Tu people (from the highlands to the west of Danang). I met him on a motorcycle trip 5 years ago and he is still going strong in his 90's. We bought a few bottles of his homemade ginseng and rice wine. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5098.jpg A little of the King's past on his living room wall. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5104.jpg Decoration in a K'Tu household. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5106.jpg Crossing the swing bridge into Bho Hoong village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5109.jpg Bho Hoong village - they played some interesting musical instruments. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5114.jpg There is no escaping the Minions. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5116.jpg Bho Hoong village - there was a stuffed raven on the wall. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5118.jpg Bho Hoong village - there is a story in there somewhere. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5121.jpg Solitude https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5126.jpg Where life is defined as a series of selfies. I saw these two a few times that evening, and all they seemed to be doing were selfies. I wonder whether they actually experienced their surroundings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5140.jpg Lady Buddha Da Nang, or in Vietnamese, Linh Ứng Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5149.jpg Refreshments at Linh Ứng Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5154.jpg Looking back towards Da Nang from the Linh Ứng Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5158.jpg Heaven (the Buddhist variety), at the Marble Mountain cave. There is also a Hell, which you can descend into. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5162.jpg In the main chamber of the Marble Mountain cave, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5164.jpg Poking his head up from Hell - Marble Mountain cave, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5168.jpg Marble Mountain cave, Da Nang. Didn't work out what the blue and pink lights where representing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5171.jpg Marble Mountain cave, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5175.jpg Marble Mountain, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5176.jpg Marble Mountain cave, Da Nang - a little ghostly in here. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5178.jpg Looking towards the beach between Da Nang and Hoi An - from Marble Mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5188.jpg More selfies - Marble Mountain, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5191.jpg And did we look good in that selfie? Marble Mountain, Da Nang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5194.jpg The Mask Shop - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5200.jpg The Mask Maker - The Mask Shop - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5221.jpg Street market at dusk - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5232.jpg Juxtaposition. Hoi An. 2017. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5238.jpg Early morning walk - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5240.jpg Luckily most tourists appear to be late risers. We had this beautiful street to ourselves - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5247.jpg Morning setup - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5248.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5255.jpg Japanese Bridge - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5259.jpg Taking a break on our photo walk - Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5263.jpg Apart from the occasional giveaway (cameras, credit card terminals etc) the Hoi An Old Town does feel really old. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5265.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5271.jpg Since the building of the Japanese Bridge in Hoi An was started in 1593 – Year of the Monkey, and finished in 1595 – Year of the Dog, a pair of these two animals’ statues has been placed at both ends. They represent for the guardians of the bridge. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Hoi_An_2017/DSCF5275.jpg Heading home. 2021-09-07T10:15:49.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DalatLoopRoute.png The Route https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3341.jpg Near Ke Ga lighthouse https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3331.jpg Concentration. Ke Ga. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3376.jpg Not the best location for a beach resort. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3387.jpg Sharing the road. Route 28. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3396.jpg Route 28. A great road for a fun motorcycle ride. I want to do it again. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3348.jpg Cellar at the Wine Castle, Phan Thiet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3350.jpg Low light. Wine Castle Cellar. Phan Thiet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3353.jpg Tasting Napa Valley wines at the Wine Castle. Phan Thiet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3354.jpg Cham Temple. Phan Thiet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3369.jpg Near the Cham Temple. Phan Thiet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3399.jpg Near Di Linh, at Juliet's Villa Resort. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3409.jpg Really enjoyed the Mi Quang at this place in Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3412.jpg Steam engine. Dalat Railway Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3416.jpg Steam engine controls. Dalat Railway Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3420.jpg Selfie at Dalat Railway Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3424.jpg "Stained glass" windows. Dalat Railway Station. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3427.jpg Minced snail and pork stuffed back into the snail shells and steamed. So good. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3429.jpg Marinated beef bbq'd over charcoal. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3454.jpg China work detail. Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3456.jpg Wishing bell from below. Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3457.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3482.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3461.jpg Wishing bell. Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3477.jpg Jade Buddha. Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3483.jpg "Will send you a copy." Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3487.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3490.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3492.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3499.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3500.jpg Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3506.jpg In hell. Under the Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3511.jpg In hell. Under the Linh Phước pagoda. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3514.jpg Coffee beans, recently picked and drying. Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3517.jpg Tea plantation. Near Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3530.jpg Tea plantation. Near Dalat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2815%20of%2032%29.jpg Tea plantation. Near Dalat. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2817%20of%2032%29.jpg Photo opportunity. Descending from Dalat to Cam Ranh Bay. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3543.jpg Nice to see some green after riding through the driest area of Vietnam. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3553.jpg Rest stop. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2818%20of%2032%29.jpg Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3559.jpg Fish farm village. Near Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3564.jpg Group photo. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3562.jpg New road. Quiet. A great ride. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3629.jpg Late afternoon at Vĩnh Hy fishing village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3605.jpg Heading out to the squid boats at sunset for a nights work. Vĩnh Hy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2820%20of%2032%29.jpg Sunset. Vĩnh Hy. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3614.jpg Heading out to the squid boats at sunset for a nights work. Vĩnh Hy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2822%20of%2032%29.jpg At Vĩnh Hy. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3632.jpg Vĩnh Hy fishing village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3635.jpg Heading out to the squid boats at sunset for a nights work. Vĩnh Hy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3639.jpg Ready for a 5am start. Vĩnh Hy Resort. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3644.jpg Sunrise at Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3657.jpg Sunrise at Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3665.jpg Close-up. Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3698.jpg Sunrise at Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3700.jpg Photographer. Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3709.jpg Photographer. Hang Rái. Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2826%20of%2032%29.jpg Núi Chúa National Park. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3780.jpg Núi Chúa National Park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3741.jpg Penguin on guard. Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3748.jpg Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3751.jpg Tourists. Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3752.jpg Khmer script. Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3755.jpg Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3759.jpg Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3768.jpg Cham temple. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3772.jpg Chicken rice for lunch. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3771.jpg Chicken rice for lunch. Phan Rang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3731.jpg Off road interlude at Dinh Cape. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3729.jpg The one disappointment - the amount of rubbish. Cape Dinh. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/Steve%20%2829%20of%2032%29.jpg Photo opportunity. Cape Dinh. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3791.jpg Hòa Thắng - Hòa Phú road through the sand dunes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3794.jpg Hòa Thắng - Hòa Phú road through the sand dunes. Photo by Uy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3802.jpg Lotus Lake like an oasis amongst the sand dunes. Hòa Thắng - Hòa Phú road. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3806.jpg Late afternoon at Mũi Né. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3823.jpg Late afternoon at Mũi Né. Fish market. And more rubbish. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3820.jpg Late afternoon at Mũi Né. Net maintenance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dalat_Loop_2017/DSCF3830.jpg Last stop. Asian BBQ lunch at Long Thành. 2021-09-07T10:26:23.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5416.jpg Arrived in New Zealand https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5420.jpg Spring, trees sprouting new leaves, and a RAV4 to get around. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5456.jpg Space and gardens. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5426.jpg The tranquility of (small) farm life. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5439.jpg Meeting the locals. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5432.jpg Breakfast time. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5449.jpg Watermill Bakery, Norfolk Road, near Masterton, New Zealand. Miles from anywhere, and only open Friday evenings, but this place is magic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5453.jpg Watermill Bakery, Norfolk Road, near Masterton, New Zealand. Complementary home made cider. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5525.jpg Had a lot of adventures here in my childhood. And it is still awesome today. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5458.jpg We are at the beach. Why is it cold? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5461.jpg How big? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5473.jpg Castlepoint lighthouse. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5476.jpg Photographer https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5487.jpg Castlepoint smiles 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5491.jpg Castlepoint smiles 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5512.jpg Castlepoint https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5522.jpg Fossils! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5516.jpg A long way down https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5546.jpg What's for lunch? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5540.jpg Fish and chips at the beach. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5538.jpg ...with the seagulls. Castlepoint. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5466.jpg Castlepoint beach looking towards Whakataki and Mataikona. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5677.jpg Toasting marshmallows. A real campfire was the ideal, but given the temperatures outside, the compromise was more than acceptable... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5560.jpg ...and tasted good! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5591.jpg The primary reason for the New Zealand trip... celebrating 60 years of marriage. Her is my mother and her family on her wedding day in 1957. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5574.jpg Fast forward to 2017... the guests of honour. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5632.jpg Obligatory family photos: the siblings https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5637.jpg Obligatory family photos: not sure what the issue was. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5642.jpg Obligatory family photos: Parents, siblings, and a distraction. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5654.jpg Obligatory family photos: Grandchildren, some more cooperative that others https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5665.jpg Obligatory family photos: the everyone shot. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5562.jpg Diamond party: Lily, Susan, and Jeff. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5608.jpg Diamond party: cousins. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5582.jpg Diamond party: Annette and Jim. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5599.jpg Diamond party: Reminiscences https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5583.jpg Diamond party: Photo opportunities https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5593.jpg Diamond party: Uyen and Annette https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5609.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5684.jpg A totara (redwood) tree that should never have been felled. Ohakune. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5702.jpg The old and the new. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5699.jpg I assume Ohakune is famous for growing carrots. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5706.jpg Tongariro National Park. Mt Ngauruhoe (Mt Doom) in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5714.jpg Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu: first snow experience. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5723.jpg Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu: perfect weather. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5740.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: "I want to go skiing!" https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5736.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: ski-less skiing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5754.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5764.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: heading down the mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5806.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: The Skotel Resort. So much like the Great Northern (in Twin Peaks). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5770.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: view from the hotel. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5796.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: alpine foliage in the late afternoon sun. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5823.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: early morning walk through the beech forest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5810.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: early morning walk through the beech forest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5820.jpg Whakapapa, My Ruapehu: early morning walk with views. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5846.jpg Hobbiton: Family shot. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5842.jpg Hobbiton https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5848.jpg Hobbiton: Bag end - Bilbo's place. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5856.jpg Hobbiton: for the birds. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5852.jpg Hobbiton: attention to detail was impressive. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5860.jpg Hobbiton: detail, even the hobbit clothes on the clothes line. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5869.jpg Taupo area: the weather turned. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5874.jpg Taupo area: Huka falls https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5889.jpg Taupo area: prawn fishing https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5902.jpg Taupo area: observing prawns. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5903.jpg Taupo area: eating prawns https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5962.jpg Orakei Karako: the most beautiful and least touristy geothermal are in New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5927.jpg Orakei Karako: follow the signs. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5925.jpg Orakei Karako: deposits. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5938.jpg Orakei Karako: looks scary that way. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5933.jpg Orakei Karako: Ferns 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5944.jpg Orakei Karako: fantail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5954.jpg Orakei Karako: a stroll in the forest https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5941.jpg Orakei Karako: ferns 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5961.jpg Orakei Karako: lichen 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5829.jpg Hobbiton: fish smoking facility. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/Version%202.jpg Version 2 Orakei Karako: lichen 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5907.jpg Newly purchased versatile hair tie https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5966.jpg It was odd to see a coffee shop in Waiouru named after a significant feature closer to home. Turns out Cambodians make great pies. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5969.jpg David's garden. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5986.jpg Running haunts from long ago. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5989.jpg A picture of a picture, but a valley I spent a lot of time running in a few decades ago. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5977.jpg A wind energy viability test which became a Wellington landmark. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5971.jpg Wellington south coast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5984.jpg Wellington harbour on a cold spring day. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5988.jpg Views - the advantage of living in a city built on hills. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5997.jpg Zealandia, upper dam: Jeff and Susan https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5992.jpg Zealandia, upper dam: long way down. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5993.jpg Zealandia, upper dam: bird watching https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5996.jpg Zealandia, upper dam: family shot https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF5999.jpg Zealandia, regenerating native forest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6005.jpg Zealandia, upper dam: making friends https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6007.jpg Imagining a ride on the old Wellington Cable Car. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6012.jpg Te Papa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6014.jpg Te Papa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6022.jpg Te Papa: World War 1 exhibition. This is one of a number of twice life size models of soldiers created by Weta Workshop (think Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings). Incredible attention to detail. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6024.jpg Te Papa: World War 1 exhibition. Incredible attention to detail. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6017.jpg Te Papa: A bow figurehead from a Maori canoe. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6027.jpg Indian food get together https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6028.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6035.jpg Weta Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6037.jpg Weta Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6048.jpg Lyall Bay from the Airport Motel. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_Sept_2017/DSCF6050.jpg Wellington airport, starting the journey home. 2021-09-07T10:26:23.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4089.jpg Swanston St. Melbourne https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4079.jpg Asian restaurant cluster. Swanston St. Melbourne https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4169.jpg Asian restaurant cluster. Swanston St. Melbourne https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4049.jpg Phở restaurant. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/IMG_0607.jpg The RMIT blob, close up. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4113.jpg Typewriters. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4118.jpg At a laneway cafe. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4128.jpg Cafe. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4133.jpg Plato. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4134.jpg Plato. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4142.jpg Plato. Dunedin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/DSCF4146.jpg Toy room. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_March_2017/IMG_0892.jpg Reading time over Facetime. 2021-09-07T09:32:05.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6087.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6105.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6082.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6113.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6121.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6123.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/DSCF6143.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia_Oct_2017/17553943_10210847034864296_5588873586669455979_n.jpeg Catching up in Melbourne 2021-10-30T03:30:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4201.jpg A long weekend of interesting food, plus a little shopping https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4211.jpg Pork belly https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4210.jpg Waiting for the train 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4320.jpg Waiting for the train 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4231.jpg Happy fish https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4248.jpg No pictures! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4249.jpg No pictures!! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4247.jpg Ughh! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4262.jpg The Star 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4265.jpg The Star 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4257.jpg The Star 3 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4280.jpg Deep dive https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4282.jpg If that was real... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4275.jpg Communicating with penguins https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4301.jpg Rocket salad with shaved truffles. One dish of a truffle themed lunch at the Siam Paragon Gourmet Market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4297.jpg An oyster lovers heaven. Siam Paragon Gourmet Market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4311.jpg Ronald - Thailand style https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4330.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4334.jpg Night market https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4337.jpg Duck noodle soup vendor https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Bangkok_2017/DSCF4359.jpg Brand awareness 2021-09-07T09:35:17.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0344.jpg Departure https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0355.jpg 777 to Auckland https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0385.jpg Chasing chickens https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0365.jpg Looking good at the Martinborough Fair https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0438.jpg The Bach at Glenburn - Wairarapa coast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0404.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0397.jpg Rocky lookout https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0410.jpg Unfamiliar territory https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0409.jpg Searching for crabs https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0414.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0425.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0433.jpg Wildlife https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0436.jpg Search for Paua shells https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0437.jpg Collecting Paua shells. Wairarapa coast. New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0447.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/P1040059%20%281%29.jpg Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0450.jpg Summit https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0452.jpg Flat Point in the distance https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0453.jpg The climb https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0457.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0455.jpg Someone had to take the photo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0439.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0369.jpg Haunted house. Wairarapa. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0476.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0475.jpg First time all together since 2007 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0478.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/IMG_0306.jpg At R&L's https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/IMG_0305.jpg It's time for A's hand print to go on the wall https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0482.jpg Home made Paua Fritters - a rare experience https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0513.jpg Ferns https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0495.jpg Giant squid at Te Papa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0547.jpg Fish and chips on the beach - Waikanae https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0551.jpg Sharing with seagulls https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0556.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0532.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0524.jpg Dusk https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0545.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0561.jpg Sisters https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0566.jpg Weta Cave - Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0576.jpg Talking food - The Larder - Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0580.jpg Still talking food https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0584.jpg Whitebait fritters - gourmet style https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0597.jpg Gondola - Queenstown https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0611.jpg Lake Wanaka https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0613.jpg What are you doing? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0615.jpg PuzzleWorld https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0624.jpg Hologram (on the left) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0619.jpg PuzzleWorld - A on the Left, Uyen on the Right https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0628.jpg The faces that follow you https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0635.jpg Late afternoon view from our room at Lake Hawea https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0649.jpg And the morning https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0655.jpg Lake Hawea https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0658.jpg Lake Hawea https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0671.jpg Blue Pools https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0661.jpg Path to the Blue Pools - Haast Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0676.jpg Stone mounds - Haast Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0675.jpg Stone mounds - Haast Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0685.jpg Stone mounds - Haast Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0695.jpg South Westland https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0708.jpg Tree Hut https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0700.jpg White rocks with names https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0724.jpg Night sky in Frans Josef https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0727.jpg This had historical relevance - at a cafe in Franz Josef https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0722.jpg View from the Tree Hut https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0728.jpg Franz Josef https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0747.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0739.jpg Franz Josef Glacier - not looking as good as it used to https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0753.jpg South Westland https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0759.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/IMG_0277.jpg Whitebait fritters, takeway style - Hokitika https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0765.jpg Beach at the end of Truman's Track, Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0768.jpg Beach at the end of Truman's Track, Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0774.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0779.jpg Truman's Track https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0793.jpg Cave, Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0814.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0795.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0802.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0809.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0811.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/P1040103%20%281%29.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0813.jpg Canoing on the Porarari River, Paparoa National Park https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0826.jpg Matching t-shirts at the Pancake Rocks - Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0834.jpg Pancake Rocks - Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0853.jpg Cottage at Te Miko - Punakaiki https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0855.jpg Bathing amongst the ferns https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0858.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0863.jpg The West Coast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0870.jpg Lewis Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0876.jpg Lewis Pass https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0886.jpg Aging gracefully https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0891.jpg Paua steak - a rare treat - Green Dolphin Restaurant - Kaikoura https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0885.jpg Frittata at Hamner https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0893.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0902.jpg Kaikoura coast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0904.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0907.jpg And why were we there? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0910.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0911.jpg Demolished https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/12716236_1644547699140050_8637149649788400890_o%20%281%29.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0926.jpg In this case, sampling some wine at Hunter Wines extended to trying some of the grapes as well https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0939.jpg Cook Strait Ferry crossing. An experience in wind. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0946.jpg Spent a bit of time "in transit" at the Wellington Railway Station https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0955.jpg Wairarapa clouds https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0962.jpg Back in the Wairarapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0960.jpg Grandad plays the trumpet https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0964.jpg Lunch at a country pub - gourmet version https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0971.jpg Gladstone Inn https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0978.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0975.jpg My gnome - on the right https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0983.jpg Still looking happy after all these years https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0988.jpg Regent Theatre mural - Masterton https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0997.jpg The kids menu was boring, but the Indian curries were great! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1001.jpg How big? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/Steve%20Cooking%201%20-%20By%20Angus.jpg Playing at being a chef - photo by Angus https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/Amy%20in%20Beany%20-%20By%20Angus.jpg A in a beany - photo by Angus https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1010.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1004.jpg Villa Maria Wines, Auckland https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1037.jpg Wat Saket - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1011.jpg Wat Saket - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1047.jpg Tuk Tuk https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1053.jpg Wat Po - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1061.jpg Wat Po - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF1071.jpg Wat Po - Bangkok https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/IMG_0279.jpg West Coast morning https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2016/DSCF0984.jpg Still on the bucket list 2021-09-07T10:21:01.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1679.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1669.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1682.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1672.jpg El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1676.jpg This is a big steak! El Matador, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1684.jpg Cuba Street area, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1690.jpg Pop-up burger joint, Cuba Street, Wellington https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1687.jpg Breakfast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/IMG_0313.jpg Some concern expressed about the chilli. Norfolk Road Pizza, Masterton, New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/IMG_0310.jpg At Norfolk Road Pizza, Masterton, New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/IMG_0312.jpg The Chef at Norfolk Road Pizza, Masterton, New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1716.jpg Norfolk Road Pizza, Masterton, New Zealand. It was a cold and rainy night.... it really was. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1718.jpg Eating Malaysian. Kapiti Coast. New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1727.jpg Good friends. Hardware Lane, Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/IMG_0317.jpg Screenshot from my nightly Facetime chat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1770.jpg Tipo 00, Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1740.jpg Plating, Tipo 00, Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1746.jpg Plating, Tipo 00, Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1764.jpg Some nice kit here. Somewhere in Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1758.jpg Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1737.jpg Bar decoration. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1762.jpg Hardware Lane. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1769.jpg "Uplifts the Mind and Body" https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1767.jpg The Rare Steakhouse. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1773.jpg Vietnamese restaurant. Swanston Street. Melbourne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-New_Zealand_May_2016/DSCF1777.jpg Late night entertainment. Swanston Street. Melbourne. 2021-09-07T10:19:15.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04082.JPG Jeff not letting anything go to waste. Jack at home studying. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04088.JPG Serge and the wine cellar. One Tree Grill, Auckland. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04077.JPG What was I going on about? Dot seems unconvinced. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04078a.JPG Jack's wall decorations. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04072.JPG At Salute, Greytown. I need to get more of their pomegranate, chilli, and lime sauce. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04065a.JPG Can you smell the chill con carne in the oven? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04068.JPG Tapas? Actually quite good! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04067.JPG Caroline. What can I say. A Kauri tree comes to mind. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04066.JPG There is a story of romance behind this photo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04057.JPG Lily and Smaug. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04061a.JPG Friends for many decades. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04044.JPG Outside Cookie, Melbourne, after a few drinks at the rooftop bar. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04052.JPG Ahhhh.... Wellington! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04041.JPG The entrance to the Krimper Restaurant, Melbourne. Strictly no admittance! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04037.JPG Inside Krimper. Terrie, an RMIT Melbourne colleague, paying the bill. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04035.JPG Swanston Street. Melbourne. Late afternoon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2015/DSC04029.JPG Hosier Lane, Melbourne. Home to the wonderful Movida. 2021-09-07T09:29:07.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04551.jpg A very quiet airport on the way to Singapore. Shame about the severe congestion when we returned! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/12377630_1628222814105872_4714291121346887905_o.jpeg Pizza while waiting https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04706.jpg Pretty in Pink https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04702%20%281%29.jpg Type https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04687.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04697.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04696.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04686.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04675.jpg The hotel pool had a glass side. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04670.jpg The "birthday" cake https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04656.jpg Mother, daughter, aunt. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/920809_1629094400685380_2600900729254959384_o.jpeg At Tyler's 1 year baby shower in Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04662.jpg Grandaughter - grandmother https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04661.jpg Grandaughter - grandmother https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04647.jpg Some colour amongst the grey apartment buildings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04651.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04641.jpg The reason for the Singapore trip. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04639.jpg 3 generations. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04629.jpg Hotel room view. Did OK with that booking. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04637.jpg Sisters https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04624.jpg It was a long day... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04618.jpg The photos in between the posed shots are the best. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04605.jpg A Christmas Carol. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04601.jpg Uyen and ...ummm... Vin Diesel. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04600.jpg Queuing for the Transformers ride at Universal Studios. For once, the queuing was part of the entertainment. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04596.jpg There are some resemblances to Donkey. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04589.jpg Universal Studios. Shrek's outhouse - stinky! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04581.jpg A better option https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04574.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04565.jpg Mesmerised https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04562.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/1947550_1396629083931914_646916594_n.jpeg Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04721.jpg Needed that https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_Christmas_2015/DSC04708%20%281%29.jpg Finale 2021-10-30T03:30:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03338.JPG Dave B. and Rob with Martinborough in the background https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03334.JPG 2014 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03348.JPG View from the deck https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03370.JPG Put some music on! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03359.JPG My ideal kitchen https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03375.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03396.JPG A day in the country https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03388.JPG Connected https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03400.JPG From a few decades ago https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03454.JPG Craig @ The Viaduct, Auckland https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03464.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/IMG_0162.JPG In NZ at the right time https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/DSC03469.JPG Home https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/IMG_0640.JPG Charwarma @ The Middle East Cafe, Auckland. Still great after all these years. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2014/Saigon%20Aerial%20View.JPG Descending in to Saigon 2021-09-07T09:36:23.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/P1030960.JPG Relaxing with the iPad. Photo by A. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSCF0361.JPG Lunch at Bai Sao beach. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSCF0359.JPG I wasn't going to get burnt. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03696.JPG Favourite colour? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03698.JPG Departure https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03687.JPG In the Cassia Cottage gardens. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03693.JPG Phu Quoc International Airport. An A321 on the way there, an ATR72 on the return flight. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03671.JPG Bottling fish sauce https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03680.JPG Bai Sao beach on the eastern side of the island. Very different conditions. K and A in the centre of the pic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03665.JPG At the Phu Quoc Prison. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03664.JPG A pearl farmer explaining how pearls end up different colours. Notice his country of origin. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03661.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03658.JPG The bbq'd scallops were very good too. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03657a.JPG Still doesn't like cameras. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03648.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03654.JPG Cruising the Phu Quoc night market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03649.JPG Bonding. Night market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03641.JPG Reina's first beach experience. Maybe needs some more time. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03637.JPG Mermaid https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03632.JPG Definitely not safe for swimming. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03618.JPG She spent about half of the 3 days in Phu Quoc in the pool or the ocean. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03610.JPG Cassia Cottage pool. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03600.JPG Three Sisters (2) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03599.JPG Three Sisters (1) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03593.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03580.JPG Phu Quoc, west coast, monsoon season. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Phu_Quoc_2014/DSC03579.JPG Not the best side of the island for swimming. 2021-09-07T10:04:28.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01703.JPG Banh Xeo 46A https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01723.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01729.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01756.JPG Saigon River on the way to Cu Chi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01771.JPG The AK https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01767.JPG Cu Chi - with guide Thuy https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01776.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01782.JPG Lucky water https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01786.JPG Return to Saigon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01801.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01809.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01812.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01822.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01819.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01829.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01841.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01843.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01845.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01856.JPG Coldest beer in Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01850.JPG Hoi An. Whole pig bbq. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01864.JPG Hoi An. Whistles https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01867.JPG Boat ride? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01878.JPG Hoi An street https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01876.JPG Hoi An street https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01881.JPG A Banh Beo style snack. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01885.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01898.JPG Marble Mountains https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01902.JPG Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01904.JPG Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01905.JPG Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01912.JPG With Yip, our mechanic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01906.JPG Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01917.JPG With Y Khong, past chief of the C'Tu tribe, now a wood carver. Rice wine with lunch. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01913.JPG Starting the Hill Tribe Adventure https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01932.JPG Y Khong with some of his carvings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01934.JPG Y Khong with the coffin he carved for himself https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01936.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01939.JPG Earlier years. He fought the French and the Americans. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01942.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01958.JPG At a C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01945.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01959.JPG At a C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01962.JPG At a C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01965.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01967.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01971.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01985.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01976.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02002.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC01995.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02006.JPG Another C'Tu village near the Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02007.JPG After dinner at the Tay Giang village https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02009.JPG After dinner at the Tay Giang village https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02011.JPG The proprietor https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02020.JPG After dinner at the Tay Giang village - Tony of Hoi An Motorbike Adventures https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02013.JPG After dinner at the Tay Giang village - a few rice wines later https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02022.JPG After dinner at the Tay Giang village https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02033.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02030.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail - on a hydro dam south of Prao https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02043.JPG My Son https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02045.JPG My Son https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02052.JPG The Best Ride in Vietnam https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02059.JPG My Minsk. It may look a bit rough, but it rode very well. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02067.JPG Hoi An market https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02072.JPG Cafe 96. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02080.JPG Cafe 96. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02087.JPG Cafe 96. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02085.JPG Cafe 96. The proprietor. Had a good blues collection. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02089.JPG Cafe 96. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02100.JPG Thu Bon river, Hoi An, at dusk https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02104.JPG Lily and her new friend Bo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02095.JPG Street side Cao Lau https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/DSC02119.JPG The white painting I bought in Hoi An. The artist is Truong Bach Tuong. It wasn't an impulsive purchase. I saw it in July and bought it on this trip in September. It needs the right lighting, but it is beautifully evocative of Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/Lily000094.jpg Approaching Hoi An. Photo by Lily. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/Lily000097.jpg Photo by Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/Lily0000130.jpg Photo by Lily https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Lily_2012/Lily0000109.jpg River crossing. Photo by Lily 2021-09-07T09:39:14.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00682.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00666.JPG Angus and A - 46A Banh Xeo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00707.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00744.JPG At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cho Lon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00708.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00751.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cho Lon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00773.JPG Cu Chi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00774.JPG Cu Chi - AK47 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00767.JPG Cu Chi. Ngoc, our guide and comedian, after photographing the bats in a tunnel https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00780.JPG Saigon River Tours, the best way to get to and from Cu Chi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00781.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00800.JPG Uyen and A - Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00784.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00806.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh. Mid day ceremony. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00813.JPG Gondola to the Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00817.JPG The Black Lady. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00826.JPG Uyen and A - Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00832.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00850.JPG Shoe Street, Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00836.JPG Angus, Uyen and A - Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00859.JPG At the Ngoc Son Temple, on an island in the Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00860.JPG Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00871.JPG Ngoc Son Temple souvenir shop, Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00877.JPG Bridge to the Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00882.JPG Buying a fan - the negotiation https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00883.JPG Buying a fan - the demonstration https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00890.JPG Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00889.JPG Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00891.JPG Cha Ca La Vong restaurant, Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00894.JPG Old Quarter, Hanoi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00901.JPG Refreshments vendor (i.e. beer) and the Lao Cai train https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00903.JPG Sapa market https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00905.JPG Sapa market https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00910.JPG Sapa market https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00915.JPG Black Hmong awaiting tourists outside the Hmong Sisters bar, Sapa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00920.JPG Angus with our Black Hmong "escorts". They were actually a great help when descending a few slippery slopes, but got ample recompense when it came time to sell us stuff. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00929.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00925.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00936.JPG Walking across a water race, part of a small hydro power project. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00933.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00944.JPG The Tay hawkers were less demanding than the Black Hmong... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00943.JPG Some members of the Tay minority join the entourage. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00959.JPG A translation of the translation of the "give a man a fish..." wisdom. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00958.JPG ...and smiled more. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00961.JPG This Hmong lady threatened to follow me around until I bought something. Her single tooth grin was the stuff of nightmares so I gave in, not without a bit of bargaining though, which we were getting quite good at by this time. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00965.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00966.JPG Our tour leader. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00971.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00974.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00983.JPG Early morning. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00985.JPG Inside the homestay. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC00987.JPG The homestay proprietor preparing breakfast. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01024.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01022.JPG Inside a Hmong family house in the Cat Cat Village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01027.JPG Cat Cat Village residents. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01033.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01040.JPG Sapa lake. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01043.JPG Got to be good for you. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01050.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. If I ever have a garden, its going to look like this. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01035.JPG This was the first time in Vietnam that I had seen a stream with clear water. Near Cat Cat Village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01060.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01053.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. All the signs of the Chinese zodiac were represented. Angus with his. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01065.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. Our triumphant tour leader. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01063.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01072.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01075.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01094.JPG She should have been working, but was more interested in practicing her English. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01080.JPG View over Sapa from Ham Rong Mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01101.JPG The Lizard Restaurant. Sapa. Suspicious looking plant out the front. Hemp plants were very common. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01110.JPG ...and played pool till (too) late. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01111.JPG Later that night we ended up here... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01114.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01119.JPG Ta Phin Village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01121.JPG You cannot get away from Hello Kitty. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01129.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01117.JPG Ta Phin Village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01133.JPG Any free moment is used for sewing or embroidering. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01130.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01134.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01137.JPG Ta Phin village. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01139.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01147.JPG Lao Cai. The buildings in the background are in China. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01150.JPG Directions to the Perfume Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01169.JPG Entering the Huong Tich Cave in the Perfume Pagoda complex. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01175.JPG Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01172.JPG Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01184.JPG An altar in the Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01186.JPG An altar in the Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01181.JPG Huong Tich Cave. Inner temple. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01196.JPG Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01198.JPG Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01219.JPG Thien Tru Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01213.JPG Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01231.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01235.JPG It was very hot, and the beer bought from these vendors was very welcome. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01244.JPG Electric motor repair shop. Old Quarter. Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01241.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01249.JPG Very different to Saigon Pho, but very good. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01256.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01262.JPG The most authentic Hanoi Pho. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01285.JPG Old Quarter. Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01278.JPG Preparing Bun Cha, a Hanoi speciality. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01289.JPG Hoi An. A lot of tourists, but still a very beautiful town. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01305.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01294.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01322.JPG Japanese Bridge, Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01319.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01325.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01328.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01330.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01332.JPG My new favorite hotel in the world... the Nhi Nhi Hotel in Hoi An. These are three of the staff seeing us off as we left for the motorbike tour. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01335.JPG First stop, abseiling. This is Angus at the top of the 25 meter practice descent. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01334.JPG Does seem a long way down! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01342.JPG Inside the cave at the bottom of the 57 meter drop, a pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01350.JPG Made it. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01344.JPG Angus descending inside the cave. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01357.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01359.JPG First stop. Getting used to the Minsk by this stage. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01377.JPG This wasn't arranged, and way off the tourist trail, so we were the subject of some interest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01373.JPG A Ca Tu burial sight. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01381.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01389.JPG We stopped at a Ca Tu village. The Ca Tu are the ethnic minority in the highlands west of Hoi An. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01392.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01387.JPG Remote, but still have the satellite TV. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01395.JPG Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01404.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01401.JPG In the community house. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01408.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01407.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01413.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01409.JPG Rice wine! Yes! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01431.JPG Then a thunderstorm took out the power. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01426.JPG First night we stayed in Prao. It rained. Heavily. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01434.JPG Luckily we had a good supply of rice wine. Don't be fooled by the bottle. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01438.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01440.JPG First breakdown - a broken throttle cable. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01441.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01446.JPG Ho Chi Minh Trail. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01448.JPG At the turnoff to the section of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that used to run through Laos. We stuck to the Vietnam side of the border. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01465.JPG This part of Vietnam is so rugged that no-one lives here, so the Americans never bombed or agent oranged it. It was spectacular scenery. For me it rivalled riding over the Haast Pass in the South Island of New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01467.JPG A crystal clear mountain stream. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01485.JPG Waiting for the mechanic to catch up after the incident. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01475.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01487.JPG Looking over Hue towards the mountains we had just emerged from. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01491.JPG A Lao sticky rice restaurant in Hue. Distinctly different from the taste of Vietnamese food. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01494.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01495.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01496.JPG Best not think about what's in the buckets. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01497.JPG La Rue girls. La Rue is a local beer, and they are trying to get people to drink it. Seemed more appropriate to drink Beer Lao though. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01498.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01508.JPG We were invited to share their bottle of rice wine. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01511.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01514.JPG The guy who showed us around Hue knew his history, and was quite a comedian as well. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01517.JPG In front of the Hue Citadel. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01525.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01526.JPG At the Thien Mu Pagoda. This guy guards the entrance. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01535.JPG Knowledgable, and animated. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01542.JPG Learning the art of making incense sticks. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01541.JPG Incense. Hue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01548.JPG Perfume River near Hue looking west. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01555.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01549.JPG Wartime bunker in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01563.JPG Had lunch at a buddhist monastry, a way to bring in some funds to help troubled children. Really delicious vegetarian food. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01571.JPG Introduced as a fortune teller, though she wasn't very good at that. But she was a character and told us some good stories of her colourful past. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01584.JPG Near Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01601.JPG Dinner in Hue. Angus, Tony, and the smiley vodka vendor. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01572.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01611.JPG Along the coast south of Hue. Looking west from Tu Hien bridge. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01619.JPG Old border gate and wartime bunker at the top of the Hai Van Pass. Note the blast damage and bullet holes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01630.JPG Border gate at the top of the Hai Van Pass, once dividing the Dai Viet and Champa kingdoms. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01624.JPG Looking down on the Hai Van Pass. I wanted to turn around and ride it again. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01632.JPG Danang in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01636.JPG Bunker at the top of the Hai Van Pass. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01650.JPG Danang. Getting tired and sore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01656.JPG Back in Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01659.JPG Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/Hoi%20An%20Motorbike%20Adventure%20Route.jpg The route of the motorcycle trip (in red). Started at Hoi An and headed inland towards the Laos border (in yellow), up the Ho Chi Minh Trail, then east towards Hue, then down the coast, over the Hai Van Pass, through Danang, and back to Hoi An. 4 days, about 600 km. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/DSC01660.JPG The artist who produced a lacquerware piece I bought. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0214.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0269.JPG Cu Chi - AK47. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0334.JPG Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0317.JPG Le Pub, Hanoi. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0373.JPG Our "First class" cabin on the Lao Cai train. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0386.JPG I wish I had bought a pair of those gumboots. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0409.JPG Our "escorts" and the tour leader in the Muong Hoa valley, below Sapa. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0419.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0421.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0426.JPG The homestay in Ta Van village. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0455.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0423.JPG ... and didn't stop even when we settled down for a beer at the homestay in Ta Van village, about 5 km later. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0479.JPG Ham Rong Mountain. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0475.jpg My sign. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0544.JPG The Lao Cai train back to Hanoi. This time we had to share the first class cabin with a Dutch couple. We bumped in to them a week later in Hue. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0551.JPG Photo by Angus https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0578.JPG Huong Tich Cave, inner temple. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0509.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0582.JPG Huong Tich Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0623.JPG Photo by Angus https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0695.jpg The last 5 metres was an overhang. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0700.jpg Starting the 57 meter descent into the cave. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0697.jpg Nearly there. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0702.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0720.JPG Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0721.JPG Tony, our tour leader, on the left. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0727.jpg Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0737.JPG Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0744.JPG End of the first day. Arrival in Prao. Checking email. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0738.jpg Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0757.jpg The Guest House where we stayed in Prao. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0761.JPG On the Ho Chi Minh Trail. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0749.jpg Checking email again. Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0776.JPG A road side sign indicating part of the route we followed. We turned east at Phu Vinh and descended from the highlands towards Hue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0790.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0810.jpg What sort of look is that? Photo by Angus. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0803.JPG Lunch stop. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angus_2012/IMG_0829.JPG Hoi An. Photo by Angus. 2021-09-07T09:39:03.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00369.JPG Denis https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00377.JPG Bangkok Airport https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00366.JPG Just press the silver button... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00363.JPG In the O'Leary's back yard. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00358.JPG Ted's workshop. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00322.JPG Golden Key Asia-Pacific Conference dinner obligatory photo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00311.JPG One thing you don't see in Vietnam at Chinese New Year, fire crakers were a big part of the Melbourne festivities. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Australia-NZ_2012/DSC00302.JPG Chinese New Year in Melbourne's Chinatown. 2021-09-07T09:36:45.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00007.JPG Penguins at the Bird Park. First test of the low light performance of the NEX camera. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00010.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00014.JPG Bird park - flamingos. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00017.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00031.JPG Sometimes the birds were bizarre. Other times the surroundings took the prize. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00021.JPG Many photo opportunities. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00041.JPG Uyen and A looking at a white tiger at the Singapore Zoo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00049.JPG Uyen and A in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00058.JPG It's an Asian thing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00062.JPG I love orangutans. So smart and so gentle. Unfortunately humans have more chromosomes in common with the much more aggressive chimpanzees. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00060.JPG Posed cuteness. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00064.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00076.JPG Attitude. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00073.JPG The only shot from the Singapore Night Safari. All those people in the background are still in the queue. I am not sure the experience was worth the time we spent waiting in the queue. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00082.JPG Attitude. In this case, a rare glimpse. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00084.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00114cropped.JPG K and her aunt. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00109.JPG Chinatown. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00120.JPG Chinatown. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00124.JPG Marina Bay Sands. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00138.JPG The obligatory Merlion photo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00157.JPG Relaxing at the hotel pool. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00162.JPG Another rare glimpse. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00169.JPG Pouring coffee at the Toast Box. I really enjoyed this place for breakfast. Great coffee. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00183.JPG The 'other' Merlion at Sentosa. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00190.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00193.JPG Underwater World. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00206.JPG She just realised the camera was pointed in her direction. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00216.JPG Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00224.JPG Another Kaya Toast shop. The French left their mark on Vietnam, and the British certainly left their mark on Singapore. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00235.JPG Homeward bound. Window seat of course. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/DSC00242.JPG Demonstrating to Tana, who had to stay behind, how well the NEX-5N works in near darkness. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0099.JPG A wasn't comfortable in this situation. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0260.JPG A awaiting her first flight experience. So looking forward to it. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0172.JPG Sentosa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0270.JPG Hmmmm NZ butter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0273.JPG Singapore Airlines has a few little extras for children. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0275.JPG She is a window seat type of person. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0277.JPG The constraining nature of a seat belt was a problem at first. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Singapore_2011/IMG_0278.JPG The hotel lobby. Parkroyal on Beach Road. Highly recommended. Last iPhone photo of the trip... before I bought the Sony NEX-5N. 2021-09-07T09:38:31.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0314.JPG 50 years of marriage, 50 years of photos. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0353.JPG NZ'ers tend to take sheep for granted. To others they are quite a novelty. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0367.JPG Visiting Mt Bruce Nature reserve where a real kiwi was observed. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0385.JPG A rare photo of the two of us. If only Tana had waited for a better facial expression. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0401.JPG Entering the Manawatu Gorge. The fluffy dice were to remind me which side of the road I was supposed to be on. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0393.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0411.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0429.JPG One objective of the NZ visit, to throw snow balls. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0422.JPG Leaving Whakapapa village. First time on a ski lift for all. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0485.JPG Family, the most important of the reason for our New Zealand visit. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0548.JPG You haven't experienced Wellington until you experience the wind and the views. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0596.JPG Rob catching the moment as Uyen made her birthday wish. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0552.JPG Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0626.JPG After lunch at... a Martinborough winery. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0608.JPG Waiohine Gorge swing bridge. A new challenge. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0735.JPG Missed the connecting flight to Wellington so took in some Sydney entertainment. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0743.JPG Preparing lunch at Rob and Lucinda's. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0748.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0757.JPG VIPs in the lives of the Paris brothers. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0765.JPG One arm of the Paris family tree plus guests. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0762.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0777.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0771.JPG Nearly all the grandchildren. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0791.JPG A tour of Merren's garden. A little more expansive than our rooftop "garden" in Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0792.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0804.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0814.JPG Not really picnic weather, but it was Castlepoint. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0798.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0818.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0834.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0827.JPG It's a long way down. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0839.JPG Approaching Mt Ruapehu, very lucky with the weather. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0835.JPG Interesting green stuff. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0844.JPG The Barina was an easy car to drive after only having ridden motorcycles for the previous 10 years. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0842.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0847.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0845.JPG Cold! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0851.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0853.JPG Several days after our visit to the snow a minor eruption left a sprinkling of ash and forced a lahar done the ski slopes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0859.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0866.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0869.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0871.JPG Mt Ngauruhoe https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0875.JPG At Orakei Korako, north of Lake Taupo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0893.JPG The black swans at lake Taupo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0899.JPG Wellington on a good day, a beautiful city. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0885.JPG Karissa in the cave at the top of the Orakei Korako hidden valley. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0911.JPG Sheep, ducks, or Yorkshire Terriers, Karissa would pursue them all. With Caroline at Caroline and Angus's house. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0912.JPG The Yorkies do have attitude, but not as much as the people they live with. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0900.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0914.JPG Karissa and Angus feeding the ducks in Waikanae. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0920.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0927.JPG Strolling the Wellington waterfront. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0930.JPG In Civic Square on a more typical Wellington spring day. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0945.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0941.JPG Somewhat out of character, Karissa fearlessly crossed... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2007/IMG_0950.JPG A Lucinda angle on recording the passing of time. 2021-09-07T09:34:58.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00034.jpg Dong Khoi St, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00033.jpg After another dining occasion, this time at the Signature on Level 23 of the Sheraton. Excellent food, excellent service, take the credit card. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00032.jpg An extended family dinner at a Saigon institution, the Nam Bo restaurant. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00031.jpg Pho for breakfast in the Old Quarter, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00030.jpg If you love fine food, and you are in Hanoi, you need to go to this restaurant, The Green Tangerine. Exquisite. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00021.jpg At the Temple of Literature, Hanoi, after a long walk. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00029.jpg Tam Coc, often referred to as Halong on land. In many ways it was better than Ha Long Bay. Very peaceful. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00025.jpg Tam Coc. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00024.jpg While the traffic in Hanoi's Old Quarter was challenging, the street food more than compensated. The pho (beef noodle soup) at this vendor warranted several return visits. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00020.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00018.jpg Ha Long Bay. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00019.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00015.jpg At the Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00016.jpg Entering Thien Cung grotto. Ha Long Bay isn't just thousands of islands. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00014.jpg Karissa and Tana at Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00012.jpg At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2006/Image00013.jpg At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda - thick with incense smoke. 2021-09-07T09:12:39.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/Wat%20Po.jpg Late in the day. Karissa was getting tired. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/steve.jpg Steve at Wat Phra Kaew. Photo by Uyen. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0057.JPG These fish have a good life. Safari World, Bangkok. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0051.JPG The shutter delay of digital cameras takes some getting used to, but I got it about right here. Safari World, Bangkok. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0048.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0020.JPG At the Metropolis cinema in Bangkok, where we saw The Return of the King in the comfort of very large chairs. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0013.JPG Uyen, Tana, and the Reclining Buddha. Wat Po, Bangkok. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0010.JPG Uyen applying gold leaf to an already well endowed Buddha. Wat Po, Bangkok. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0003_KarissasPhoto.jpg The photo Karissa took of us. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0003.JPG Karissa needs a camera of her own. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/Ta%20Prohm.jpg Ta Prohm. Photo by Samnang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/101_0142.JPG In a balloon 200 meters high, with Angkor Wat in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/101_0113.JPG She looks happy, but in fact she was complaining about me taking yet another photograph of her. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/101_0110.JPG Beautiful. Both. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/101_0102.JPG Karissa's slightly warped sense of humour showing through here. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0099.JPG Lara helped out here to get one of the few pictures of all four of us together. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0072.JPG Ta Prohm. Probably Karissa's favourite site at Angkor. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0067.JPG Ta Prohm https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0046.JPG Karissa, Monks, The Bayon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Angkor_and_Bangkok_2004/100_0041.JPG Two women. The Bayon 2021-09-07T09:09:27.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2004/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2004/101_0150.jpg Wellington is home to Lord of the Rings. The studios where it was made are not far from the airport. Just to remind visitors of that, Gollum adorns the airport terminal. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2004/101_0104.jpg It was supposed to be summer in New Zealand. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2004/101_0165.jpg Flying out of Wellington. Sometimes requesting a window seat has its rewards. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/New_Zealand_2004/101_0142.jpg View from the wind turbine overlooking Wellington. A frequent running destination in years past. 2021-09-07T09:05:41.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/D_T_Vietnam_Adventure.jpg Dot and Ted's Vietnam Adventure Video Made in the early days of digital home video. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0182.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0173.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0163.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0164.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0011.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0129.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0128.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0124.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0121.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0045.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0046.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0183.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0189.jpg On top of one of the Marble Mountains, Near Danang. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0181.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0157.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0156.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0155.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0123.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0122.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0125.jpg Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0061.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0048.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0035.jpg Hue https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/Travel/Dot_and_Ted_Visit_2000/scan0047.jpg Hue 2022-05-15T09:47:13.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/index.html 2022-02-05T08:21:26.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/index.html 2022-02-05T08:21:26.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2117.jpeg Tet outing - The Crescent sunflowers https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2082.jpeg Tet Watermelons. District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2010.jpeg Fruit at the market. District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2064.jpeg Tet decorations. District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2055.jpeg Tet flower market. District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2079.jpeg Tet flower market. District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2272.jpeg Tet outing - The Zoo https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2095.jpeg The keymaker https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF2047.jpeg Tân Mỹ Market, District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF1996.jpeg Air dried https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon Walkabout - Tet 2002 - X-T4/DSCF1972.jpeg District 7 market area 2022-02-05T08:21:26.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2437.jpeg Machine shop. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2456.jpeg Banh mi stand. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2476.jpeg Humble dwelling. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2144.jpeg Chain store https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1669.jpg Market street - D4 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1671.jpg Increasingly these scenes of complexity are disappearing underground https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1673.jpg Tet treats https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1692.jpg Grilled beef for breakfast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1698.jpg Billiards https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1708.jpg Young patriots in the city https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1717.jpg Octopus noodles? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1653.jpg Roasting duck https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1728.jpg Tet 2020 - quiet streets, clean air, good walk https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1730.jpg Year of the rat. Or is it a mouse? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1777.jpg Preparing the vegetables https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1786.jpg Takeaway roast https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_1804.jpg Coconut delivery https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2824.jpeg Sweet snacks https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2827.jpeg Street market - District 7 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2837.jpeg Sunday morning motorcycle wash https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2840.jpeg Street-side baker https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2844.jpeg Fresh pineapple peeled for your convenience https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout_iPhone11/IMG_2893.jpeg The changing skyline of Saigon 2022-02-05T07:54:44.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1341.jpg delicious https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1345.jpg Street side fried banana https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1347.jpg More Banh Mi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1348.jpg Various Vietnamese sweets https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1351.jpg Local market - vegetables https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1356.jpg Local market - fresh fish https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1355.jpg Local market - fresh fish https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1360.jpg Local market - fresh fish - including salmon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1365.jpg Local market - meat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1367.jpg Local market - meat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1370.jpg Local market - tofu https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1373.jpg Local market - fermented fish https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1378.jpg Local market - garlic, ginger, tumeric https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1381.jpg Local market - sticky rice https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1382.jpg Local Saigon market - more meat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1374.jpg Local market - vegetables https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1385.jpg Local market - garlic https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1387.jpg Local market - eggs https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1390.jpg Local market - street vegetables https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1400.jpg Very fresh banh mi - a divine smell https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1406.jpg Machine shop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1403.jpg Barber. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1409.jpg Statue factory https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1413.jpg Heavy machine shop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1418.jpg Rice spirits infused with various healthy ingredients https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1420.jpg Many rice varieties https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1422.jpg Stainless steel https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1440.jpg Machine shop 1 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1427.jpg Internet cafe https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1430.jpg Machine shop 2 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1431.jpg Hamberger https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1425.jpg Street wise rooster https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1438.jpg Xe Om (motorcycle taxi) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1437.jpg Electric motor repair shop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1445.jpg Colour coded. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1449.jpg Hanging out https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0165.jpg Tran Xuan Soan market vendor https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0169.jpg Saigon canal https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0175.jpg The chain store https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0174.jpg A big chain https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0191.jpg Jambon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0196.jpg Street food https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0212.jpg What do you mean 'hygiene standards?' https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0203.jpg Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0213.jpg Xoi - sticky rice vendor https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0217.jpg Morning exercise. Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0220.jpg Banh Mi https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0222.jpg The old canal-side residences are being cleared away https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0238.jpg Workshop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0242.jpg Engine shop https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0244.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0251.jpg Flowers for Tet https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0275.jpg Coconuts https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0276.jpg Boat houses https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0280.jpg Coconuts from the Delta https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0283.jpg Jack fruit https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0290.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0302.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0303.jpg Blind guitar player https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0312.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0315.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0318.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0320.jpg Saigon in the distance https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0321.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0326.jpg Egg vendor https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0324.jpg Roast duck. Saigon street food. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF0328.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF1339.jpg Favourite Pho https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF9412.jpg The underbelly https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF9407.jpg Coconut harvest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF9403.jpg Street butcher https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Saigon_Walkabout/DSCF9399.jpg Telecommunications infrastructure! 2021-09-07T10:21:01.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0023.jpg Selling incense at the Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0033.jpg The Goddess Long Mau, Protector of Mothers and Newborns, at the Thien Hau Pagoda, Cholon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0027.jpg Inside the Ngoc Son Temple, on an island in the Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi. It seems I am not the only one who likes ChocoPies. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0043.JPG A home shrine of the Mahayana Buddhist variety. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0045.jpg Incense at a Chinese pagoda in Cholon, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0047.jpg At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, a Chinese pagoda in Cholon. The air was really thick with incense smoke. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0078.jpg Funeral service https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_0074.jpg Funeral service https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/100_00412.jpg At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/102_0252.JPG Relief at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/102_0248.JPG Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/102_0263.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda, Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00250.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - The Court https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00248.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - pouring the oil. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00260.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - again - This time on the NEX-5N. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00253.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - again - This time on the NEX-5N. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00283.JPG Dai Giac Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00278.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - during Tet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00289.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00668.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00672.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00680.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00674.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00688.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00692.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00703.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00707.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00708.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00722.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00726.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00731.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00733.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00739.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00744.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00796.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00783.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00801.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00806.JPG Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00817.JPG The Black Lady, of the Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00855.JPG Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00832.JPG Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC00868.JPG Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01175.JPG Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01185.JPG Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01184.JPG Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01188.JPG Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01210.JPG Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01213.JPG Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01219.JPG Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01357.JPG Hell's Cave, a temple in one of the Marble Mountains https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01355.JPG Hell's Cave, a temple in one of the Marble Mountains https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01714.JPG At the Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01676.JPG At the Jade Emporer Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01720.JPG At the Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01725.JPG At the Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01819.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01809.JPG Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01827.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01833.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01831.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01837.JPG Quan Am Pagoda, Cholon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01835.JPG Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01838.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01841.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01904.JPG In the depths of Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01905.JPG In the depths of Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC01906.JPG In the depths of Hell's Cave https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02249.JPG At the Dai Giac Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02251.JPG At the Dai Giac Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02279.JPG The 9 headed serpent. Suoi Tien. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02356.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - Tet 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02409.JPG Long Thanh Pagoda, on the western edge of HCMC. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02353.JPG Jade Emporer Pagoda - Tet 2013 https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02462.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02463.JPG Giac Lam Pagoda https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02813.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02932.JPG Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC02953.JPG Thian Hock Keng Temple - Singapore https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC03075.JPG New Year's Day 2014 at the Jade Emporer Temple https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC03767.JPG This place is just so photogenic. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC04385.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSC04392.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/Image00011.jpg Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/Image00010.jpg A popular character in Chinese mythology. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/Image00023.jpg Bach Ma (White Horse) Temple. Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0022.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0059.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0089.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0644.jpg Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi: In addition to golden ornaments, you can buy bundles of small denomination notes. Obviously quantity is more important than actual monetary value. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0647.jpg Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. On the path in. Sticky rice (rice cooker in the forground) and fruit are also appreciated. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0652.jpg Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. On the path in you can buy all sorts of sparkling ornaments to offer to the dieties represented there for their financial favors over the coming year. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0658.jpg Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. Offerings are placed in front of a number of shrines. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0664.jpg Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. One of the dieties represented likes beer and cigarettes rather than sparkly gold decorations. This girl seems to think he could do with some fruit as well. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0683.jpg At the White Horse Temple in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_0686.jpg A shrine at the White Horse Temple in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. In the context of modern Vietnam, the laptop is not out of place in this scene. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_1317.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_1324.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_1337.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0059.jpg A Cao Dai temple. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/IMG_1332.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0079.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0078.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0112.jpg A cooked chicken on a bed of sticky rice - an offering to bring good luck to a bride and groom at their wedding. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0117.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0119.jpg Incense https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0167.jpg Black Lady Pagoda near Tay Ninh. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/scan0158.jpg Cham temple at My Son https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSCF8780.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSCF8773.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSCF8783.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Temples_&_Pagodas/DSCF8786.jpg 2021-09-07T10:16:43.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/IMG_0629.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/IMG_0717.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/scan0142.jpg Garlic https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/IMG_0678.jpg Hanoi treats. Usually a combination of sweet, salty, and/or sour. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/IMG_0681.jpg Given my nationality, I couldn't resist. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/102_0223.JPG Making coconut candy. Mekong Delta. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/100_0049.jpg A dried fish vendor wheeled her wares by our house. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/100_0041.jpg Sweet cocktails https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/100_0002.jpg Making Banh Xeo - Vietnamese pancakes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/100_0037.jpg At the market - Vietnamese candy. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Food/100_0030.JPG Making Banh Chung, a tradition at Tet. After being constructed, they are boiled for 8 hours. Delicious. 2021-09-07T09:13:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0010.jpg Saigon is changing. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0015.JPG Everything gets decorated at Tet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0018.jpg A view of downtown Saigon from the RMIT campus 7 km to the south. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0032.JPG Balloons at Tet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0044.JPG In Saigon, one can't help being impressed by even the most disadvantaged getting out and making a living. And this guy could play very well. Buying a lottery ticket from his helper felt like good value. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/Image00009.jpg Preparing to release a chinese lantern. The notes stuck to the side contain the things one wishes for. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/IMG_0045.JPG Dusk, and time for the fishermen to go to work. Mui Ne. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/Image00003.jpg Dwellings builts along the edge of a canal, one feature of Saigon that is slowly disappearing as the waterways are cleaned up. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/IMG_0595.jpg A re-creation of the One Pillar Pagoda at the Saigon Botanical Gardens. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/IMG_0602.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/100_0065.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0025.jpg While on the subject of ice, here is how most street stalls and many resturants receive their ice. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0036.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/IMG_0696.jpg Ice sculpture at Dam Sen park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0054.jpg Dressed up for a day at Suoi Tien park. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0058.jpg People set up shrines in front of their houses. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0074.jpg Must have been the year of the ox. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0055.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0065.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0076.jpg ...a very long dragon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0075.jpg While others watch the parade through the town. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0077.jpg The feature of the Song Be festival is a dragon... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0082.jpg 15 days after the Lunar New Year there is a festivel in Song Be, a couple of hours from Saigon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0096.jpg At the beach. Long Hai near Vung Tau. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0083.jpg The men drink a lot of beer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0084.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0103.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0152.jpg 1997 - now a high rise. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0180.jpg View of the Saigon river from an office I once had. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/scan0166.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/wIMG_0002_1.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/wIMG_0001.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/wIMG_0003.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/wIMG_0002.jpg Street scene as the lunar new year approaches. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF2984.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF3174.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF3177.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF3195.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF3200.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF3204.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF4552.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/DSCF4546.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Saigon/octo-lights.jpg 2021-09-07T09:39:03.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF0343.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF9101.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF9169.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF9156.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF7366.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF7361.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF7357.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF7350.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF4582.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF2786.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF2784.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF2782.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/DSCF2778.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/Image00028.jpg Tam Coc, south of Hanoi. Peaceful. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/Image00026.jpg Read the sign. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/Image00027.jpg While cruising in a sampan through the Tam Coc limestone formations was very relaxing, the vendors waiting at the end broke the silence. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/Image00017.jpg The postcard we bought outside looks better than this photo. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/Image00022.jpg A street in Hanoi's Old Quarter. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/100_0052.jpg A crowd of water puppets https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Around_Hanoi/100_0050.jpg Husband and wife water puppets 2021-09-07T10:18:41.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/scan0116.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/scan0095.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/Image00004.jpg One of the larger sections of one arm of the Mekong river. A new bridge is under construction in the background. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/Image00005.jpg Coconuts on the way to market. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSC02722.JPG Looking down towards Can Gio while flying into HCMC. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/102_0231.JPG Petrol station, Mekong Delta style. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6800.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6779.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6774.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6773.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6767.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Mekong/DSCF6760.jpg 2021-09-07T09:40:40.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF0705.jpg One of the few authentic things on Ba Na Hill. An old French villa. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/scan0126.jpg Hoi An https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/scan0175.jpg Dalat https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5263.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5114.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5102.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5064.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5058.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5019.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5015.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Vietnam/Elsewhere/DSCF5007.jpg 2022-02-05T07:54:47.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/index.html 2021-09-07T09:13:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0002.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0004.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0006.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0005.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0008.jpg Pressing sugar cane. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0007.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0009.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0010.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0011.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0012.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0013.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0015.jpg At the Shwedagon Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0014.jpg At the Shwedagon Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0018.jpg At the Shwedagon Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0016.jpg At the Shwedagon Pagoda. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0036.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0062.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0089.jpg Facilities were simple, but the smiles were abundant. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0088.jpg A section of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the highlight, at least for me, of Yangon. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0090.jpg Drink? It's filtered! https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0091.jpg As with the rest of South East Asia, the streetside food in Myanmar provided some of the most memorable culinary experiences. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0092.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0093.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0094.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0096.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0098.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0095.jpg Typical central Yangon street. Lived and worked in the apartment with the yellow balcony. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0097.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0099.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0100.jpg Burmese style sweet and sour snacks. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0101.jpg Condom vendor. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0102.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0105.jpg Demolition by sledge hammer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0103.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0104.jpg So much beautiful architecture was showing signs of neglect. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0107.jpg Aung San Su Kyi, "The Lady", speaking from the gate of her University Drive home. She did this every weekend for a while in 1995 and thousands came to hear her. Unfortunately the military intelligence service were also present. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0106.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0110.jpg I often ate at a restaurant down the road from where I lived, and became quite friendly with the family that ran it... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0111.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0112.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0114.jpg My Burmese teacher and her grandson. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0113.jpg ...and was invited to a special family dinner. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0115.jpg Got to know some of the students studying English at my Burmese teacher's school. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0116.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0137.jpg It really was very good beer. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0118.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0119.jpg The combination of women and shopping appears universal. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0120.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0153.jpg I had to leave Myanmar. It was hard to say goodbye. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Yangon/scan0151.jpg 2021-09-07T09:13:46.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0056.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0058.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0057.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0053.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0054.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0050.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0052.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0051.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0046.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0047.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0044.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0042.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0045.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0043.jpg The smiles... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0041.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0040.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0038.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0039.jpg Children waiting to perform. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0037.jpg Secretary 1 (centre) and Secretary 2 (right), the 3rd and 4th most powerful people in the military junta in 1995. On a stage during the water festival watching the performances... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0032.jpg Denis and the curious. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0035.jpg The Minister of Cooperatives, one of the few civilians in the government. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0034.jpg Colleagues, and good friends. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0033.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0028.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0031.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0029.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0027.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0026.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0023.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0025.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0024.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0022.jpg Thingyan, the annual Water Festival, 2005. Everyone gets very wet. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0001.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0021.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0020.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Water_Festival/scan0019.jpg 2021-09-07T09:12:52.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0149.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0148.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0129.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0130.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0128.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0127.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0126.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0125.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0123.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0121.jpg The locomotive broke down. Waited 5 hours before a replacement arrived. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0122.jpg Catching a ride. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0086.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0087.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0061.jpg The train to Mandalay was an experience worth the discomfort, and I did it 3 times. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0059.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0060.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Train_to_Mandalay/scan0005.jpg Views from the train... 2021-09-07T09:12:28.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0067.jpg Sagaing Hill. It was 42 degrees C that day. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0064.jpg Preparing palm beer. Palm leaves are cut high in the tree, cups catch the juice that seeps out, and that ferments in the sun, before being carried down to drink... https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0068.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0069.jpg Making Burmese style coffee, sweet, milky, and made with instant coffee. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0073.jpg U Bien Bridge in Amarapura during the dry season. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0072.jpg A section of the worlds biggest book at Kuthodaw Paya. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0074.jpg Parapsychologist - Special Treatment of Magic https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0063.jpg Mandalay colleagues, one holding a cup of beer, the other helping keep the flies away. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0075.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0076.jpg Entrance to the town Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo). https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0077.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0078.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0081.jpg Peik Chin Myaung (Maha Nandamu Cave) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0080.jpg Peik Chin Myaung (Maha Nandamu Cave) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0079.jpg Peik Chin Myaung (Maha Nandamu Cave) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0082.jpg Near Peik Chin Myaung (Maha Nandamu Cave) https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0083.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0084.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0085.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0131.jpg At the pagoda on Mandalay Hill. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0132.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0135.jpg The path to the Mandalay Hill Pagoda had some very interesting shrines. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0133.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0138.jpg Entrance to the Bagaya monastery, containing 267 teak pillars. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0134.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0136.jpg Sweet and sticky cakes. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0140.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0141.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0139.jpg On a trip outside of Mandalay we travelled in style, or at least a style appropriate for the surroundings. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0142.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0144.jpg U Bien's Bridge during the wet season. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0143.jpg Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, Inwa https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0146.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0145.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Myanmar/Around_Mandalay/scan0147.jpg 2021-09-07T09:12:28.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0095.JPG Relief at Preah Khan. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/101_0118.JPG The reliefs at Banteay Srei are the most detailed. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/101_0108.JPG Banteay Srei. The most meticulously restored of the Angkor sites. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0100.JPG Should be familiar to Tomb Raider fans. Preah Khan. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0093.JPG Corridor. Preah Khan. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0087.JPG South gate of Angkor Thom. Still greeting people with a smile after all these years. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0090.JPG Close-up of the smile. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0071.JPG Relief at Ta Prohm. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0056.JPG https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0039.JPG She looks good given she's pushing 1000 years old. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0052.JPG The Bayon. No photograph could possibly capture how awesome this place is. But that's no reason not to try. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0043.JPG Relief at the Bayon https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0022.JPG Window, Angkor Wat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0029.JPG I wonder how many times he has his picture taken a day. He was very cooperative. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0028.JPG The inner chamber on the upper level of Angkor Wat, which was reserved for only the King and High Priest. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0024.JPG No doubt just posing for us tourists, but their coloured robes were impressive against the sandstone. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0019.JPG Angor Wat. Imagine this scene, but 1000 years ago, when it was the home of royalty. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0002.JPG A monk at Lolei, in the Roluos Village near Angkor. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0012.JPG In an entrance hall at Angkor Wat. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Angkor/100_0009.JPG A monks residence near the Roluos Village, Angkor. 2021-09-07T09:08:33.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0044.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0051.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0050.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0049.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0043.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0041.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0040.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0005.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0037.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0039.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0038.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0018.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0042.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0007.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0006.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0013.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0012.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0010.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0008.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0004.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Laos/scan0002.jpg 2021-09-07T09:12:15.000Z https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/index.html https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0073.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0072.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0071.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0070.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0069.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0068.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0067.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0034.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0066.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0060.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0033.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0031.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0032.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0030.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0028.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0021.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/DSCF1013.jpg Wat Saket https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0022.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0020.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0019.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0017.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0016.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0015.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/scan0014.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/image22a.jpg https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/image11.jpg Streetside shrines are an oasis of colour and calm. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/DSCF1014.jpg Wat Saket https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/101_0159.JPG Thai pagodas are lot more 'decorated' than those in Vietnam. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/100_0030.JPG The serenity of Buddhist symbolism. Cause or effect? https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/100_0026.JPG Handmade paper is widely available in Thailand, and finds many uses. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/100_0016.JPG Reclining Buddha. Wat Po. There are probably countless photographs from this angle, but this is mine. https://www.paris-saigon.com/ja/South_East_Asia/Thailand/100_0006.JPG Wat Phra Kaew. The volume of tourists doesn't appear to distract the Thai's there to venerate the Emerald Buddha. 2021-09-07T10:04:57.000Z