Garbage collection at night

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

Evening class

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 ;)

Corn craving

Hanoi's 999th birthday - an attentive audience

Hanoi's 999th birthday - the balloon seller

Hanoi's 999th birthday - the clown

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

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!

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.

Tết Trung Thu - the struggle