Poetic night ride

Danang, Vietnam, March 2009

The Museum of Danang on Khmer art is a very nice one with joyful curvy gods smiling, dancing and laughing.

Meanwhile, yesterday night, a xe om (moto taxi) started reciting a poem of Verlaine while driving in the streets of Saigon after I had told him I was French.

Are you talking to me?

Con Dao, Vietnam, August 2009

Picture taken by M of the little insect on his straw.

The window, the well and the boy

Con Dao, Vietnam, August 2009

Little blue house

Con Dao, Vietnam, August 2009

Incens

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 2009

People in the temple were really welcoming nonetheless I always feel a bit uncomfortable taking pictures in religious places, specially when it is not my religion. It feels odd to suddenly snap pictures of what often represents so much more to the believers.

Little chinese temple between my home and my work. Beautiful, very peaceful and which calls for contemplation.

(And to top it all, nice food served on the walkside of the temple.)

Playing chess

Con Dao, Vietnam, August 2009

Fishnet

Con Dao, Vietnam, August 2009

A beautiful island with nearly no tourists. Beach, mountain, trekking, swimming... Great time with a great friend.

Lunchbreak rain

HCMC, Vietnam, June 2009

Saigonese say that the sky is disciplined. As further explained by J: "In Saigon, rain falls with regularity and precision: it rains right before you leave home for work, before you go to lunch and before you leave for dinner".

After a busy week, tomorrow, off for a few days in the Con Dao Islands!

Mimes

Hoi An, Vietnam, August 2009

Leaf

Sidewalk in Hue, Vietnam, July 2009

Jean Malaquais à Norman Mailer:

"J'ai bien aimé ta lettre; c'était un peu comme si j'entendais ta voix et te regardais dans les yeux"...

Effective

Vigan, July 2009, Philippines

Symptome du jour:

"Ah fievreuse maladie, Coment es-tu si hardie, D'assaillir mon pauvre cors..."

(interprétation personnelle plus grippée que passionnelle de l'Ode à la Fièvre de Ronsard)