Schools in

Roadside belts

Donut world arrives

I give this shop six months before closing

Some kind of bug

Not sure exactly what type of crustacean this is, I just know that they are bigger than what we would call bugs at home. Regardless of what they are called, they are exceptionally tasty

Chili seedlings

Not feather dusters

For some reason I thought these things for sale on the side of the road were for dusting. Apparently they are for dried flower arrangements of the fluorescent kind.

Wet markets

Mobile plastics sale

There is actually a bicycle under this "shop" which helps moving the goods, unfortunately I can only be pushed, not ridden

In bloom

In preparation

House renovations

Hello Kitty bicycle

With pink walled tires no less

In desperate need this morning

In Nha Trang last week

Beached boat at low tide

Dusk over the red river

This shot was taken as we were approaching Hanoi last week. Plenty of water and plenty of haze to go around

Fly screen

This mesh has holes of 1 mm, keeping out even the smallest creepy crawlies, such as yesterdays posting of red ants

Red ants

Chili field

Sunrise in Bến Tre province

La Vie water delivery

Maxi Plaisirs at Jeff de Bruges

Not your standard container vessel

Since the construction of the Thủ Thiêm bridge has been completed, containers traveling further up the Saigon river require smaller boats such as this one to complete the journey

Fanny Ice Cream

Lê Lợi street at night

Dinner last night

Firewood

A decent sunset during the wet season

There was a break in the clouds last night on the way home from work which allowed this golden light to hang around for a few minutes. It probably lasted all of 10 minutes

The look of exclusion when bigger kids take over

The street becomes a river

Another pic from the flooding last Friday night. Around our area the waters reached 1 meter at its highest point. Reports around town suggested that waters got close to 1.5 meters in other areas. Not a particularly fun night for traveling

Orange roofs

Flooding last night

Louis Pasteur in metal

While at a conference yesterday at the Pasteur Institute HCMC, I came across this metal tribute to the man whose name is given to the research centre network of Pasteur Institutes. Known to sport a beard for most of his adult life, I searched the internet looking for pictures that the artist might have used for inspiration. The one below is the closest I could find, mostly for the deep line at 30 degrees from the nose. Am not sure why the artist was keen to display apparent facial scarring when he did not appear to have any

















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