Yesterday and Tomorrow
Danang is the third largest city in Vietnam, following Hanoi and HCMC ("Saigon"). The beach strip to the south of the city, across the road from the former US Army…
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April 6, 2017
Field Trip in Hue
At the tomb of the last king of Vietnam, near Hue, I saw these cute kids on a school field trip. It's amazing how kids are kids the worldwide, regardless…
April 5, 2017
Regarding Scale and Wonderment
There's something very tricky about creating images that capture a truly vast wonder of the world such as the Grand Canyon or the Son Doong Cave. The sense of scale…
April 5, 2017
Portals
Son Doong Cave---Wind River Cave---is located in the impenetrable mountainous jungles along the old Ho Chi Minh trail on the Vietnamese side of the Vietnam-Laos border. To get to the cave,…
April 2, 2017
Eric in Son Doong
Son Doong is the world's largest cave, located in the remote mountains along the Ho Chi Minh trail on the Vietnamese side of the Vietnam-Laos border. This photo shows Eric…
April 2, 2017
Tom Toa Church Steeple
On a quiet, gray day Eric and I walked along the banks of the Nhat Le River. This river bisects the city of Dong Hoi, a provincial capital in central…
March 27, 2017
Construction Fence, Halang City
This photo shows a construction fence in Halang City, Vietnam. The fence is hiding some of the mammoth construction that is going on here. Not only does the fence hide…
March 26, 2017
Nets in Halang Bay
Amid the vast floating towns of Halang Bay, everyone seems to be casting nets. In some cases these are part of the floating homes themselves. At night, the lights go…
March 25, 2017
Cat Ba Island Sunset
The day started slowly. The drive from Hanoi to Halang City seemed interminable. We passed endless rows of the gritty Vietnamese version of strip malls, factories, and Soviet-era coal-fired power…
March 24, 2017
Lady in a Local Market
Driving the long route back towards Hanoi from Meo Vac there was a vibrant market going on in a dusty hinterland Vietnamese mountain town. Eric and I asked our guide and…
March 23, 2017
Mountains near Meo Vac
The mountains near Meo Vac are in an area untraveled until recently that abuts the Chinese-Vietnam border. These mountains are unusual and spectacular, with high and narrow roads. A permit…
March 21, 2017
Flower Hmong Girl
We drove along the mountains roads in the northern tribal country of Vietnam. Whenever there was a particularly nice vista of distant mountains and terraced rice farming, we'd stop for…
March 20, 2017
Hmong Street Vendor
Sapa is a hill town in the mountainous north of Vietnam fairly near the Chinese border. It's been known as a resort since the French founded a military sanitarium here…
March 18, 2017
Thap Rua
Thap Rua---Turtle Tower---is a structure in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake, an island of peace in the bustle of downtown Hanoi. The Turtle Tower is linked to an ancient…
March 17, 2017
Imminent Death by Motorcycle
Hanoi is a fascinating city---vibrant, prosperous, and ramshackle all at once. Stepping outside means risking imminent death by motorcycle. The only way to cross a street is to head across…
March 16, 2017
Long Bien Bridge
The Long Bien Bridge stretches across the Red River from Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a cantilevered iron structure designed in the studio of Gustav Eiffel. Strategically important because it connects…
March 16, 2017
The Whole Magnolia Branch
This is the magnolia branch I brought home and used for macro photography practice in an image I showed earlier. Composition of the entire branch was a bit of a…
March 13, 2017