Thursday, November 5, 2009

Garbage collection at night



This is possibly one of the toughest jobs in town - and mostly women are doing it.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Evening class



Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Birthday & Dialogue (sur Terre)




Last week I had the pleasure to welcome a very unusual group in my place for a few days: the 'Dialogue sur Terre' team.

They're a group of four (Audrey, with whom I spent a year in Singapore; Ludovic; Mariette and Guillaume) who took a year off to travel around the globe - but not for tourism. In every country they go to, they stop for 10 days in a remote village to mix with the locals, understand how they live and study the environmental impact. The goal? To assess whether a simpler life - while remaining comfortable - could be more environmentally conscious. More details on their website (mostly in French though)!

Now, back to the photo: we were celebrating Mariette's birthday with a delicious tiramisu - made from scratch, no less ;)

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Corn craving



Friday, October 16, 2009

Hanoi's 999th birthday - an attentive audience



Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Hanoi's 999th birthday - the balloon seller



Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Hanoi's 999th birthday - the clown



After the dancers, the clowns were there to entertain the many kids who turned up at the event.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Hanoi's 999th birthday



Saturday marked the 999th birthday of Hanoi, with a lot of people in the street (again) and some celebrations in the street, such as this nice choreography I saw near Hoang Kiem lake.
More photos to come this week!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Tết Trung Thu - the dragon spitting fire!



Last - but not least - of this series: the dragon spitting fire!

You can find more photos of the scene on my Flickr set.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Tết Trung Thu - the struggle