Tet in Vietnam

I have long wanted to go back to Veitnam after an exciting trip through Saigon, Danang and Hue in 1994. This year, Kim and I spent Chinese New Year in Hanoi and Halong Bay, where the holiday celebrated is known as "Tet". Hanoi is an amazing city, full of energy and noise and especially - motorcycles. Tons of them. Its quite scary to walk the streets at first, you have to keep a steady pace as the bikes zoom all around you. Ha Long Bay is ridiculously beautiful, and despite the throngs of tourists, maintains a sense of serene calm.

I know I've been terrible at maintaining this blog this year, but I'll try to post more specific reflections in the coming days. In the meantime, here's a slideshow of Halong Bay:


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

You can see those photos, as well as the Hanoi set, and a strange and inappropriate photo series about Salt and Pepper Shakers here.