In Love in Dalat

Dalat, Vietnam, November 2009

Back to civilisation. After having spent a week for work in the middle of nowhere, back in Saigon. Great experience though and in a way, beautiful place! Sometimes, you meet amazing people in places you would have never gone to, if not for work.

Tag Tieng Viet

Old town around Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct-Dec 2009

If I remember right, it means something like: careful/slowdown, children nearby.
Other than that, here in Saigon, when I look up, I keep remembering how the city takes a whole different dimension. The architecture is not so much on a street level.
I have also been told that some phone numbers are "pretty" and others ugly. Some business men/women even "buy" a pretty phone number. If I remember right, 8 and 9 are pretty numbers, 1 is ugly. I might have mixed that up, all I know is that my phone number is ugly. But I do not mind, I'm actually quite sensitive to my phone numbers'inner beauty.

Au pas

Ho Chi Minh Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct-Nov 2009

Quite exciting, will probably be going for work in an industrial zone in the center of Vietnam for several days next week! This will be very different from working in the office in the city center of HCMC. But the countdown until Christmas break in France is getting even tighter... Time keeps on flying.
In the meantime, our Prime Minister is drinking champagne in Hanoiand is expected to do the same tomorrow evening in HCMC.
Grande grande effervescence autour de cette venue.

Enchevêtrement

Ho chi Minh Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct-Nov 2009

Uncle Ho

Ho Chi Minh Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct-Nov 2009

Motorbike balance

Around Hanoï, Vietnam, Oct-Nov 2009

Lovely w-end in Ha Noi... But back to Saigon past 3AM to be back in the office at 9AM.

Street fruits

Ha Noi, Vietnam, February 2009

Cuối tuần này em sẽ đi Hà Nội...
Funny how women tend to do the heavy work here. While generally xe om drivers and shoe shiners are men, street fruit vendors and (manual) garbage collector are usually women.