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amasc
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Photographs and thoughts on living and working in the quirky city of Saigon and travelling in South East Asia
Recent Posts
Loreto Fest Saigon 2009
A few more posts from this event will eventually make their way to my adoring public but to keep you satiated here's the best 'fro seen since the Seventies.Loreto Fest is the biggest live music gig in HCMC and all for a good cause so that makes getti...
The terrible truth about the Ao Dai or The Pajama Party
Browse any website aimed at tourists to Vietnam and you'll be hard pressed to find one that doesn't feature the undeniably beautiful national dress, the Ao Dai (áo dài). Sure you'll see them worn by receptionists in hotels, in tourist oriented sho...
Scotia Vietnam Fashion?
I'd seen the helmets, tried them on, not photographed them, I'll have to now for comparison. The helmets have a strip of tartan down the middle and the slogan "Scotland, every day is lovely". I hadn't seen the complimenting shirts though.I'm suspec...
Wiring solution?
In my previous post I showed pictures of power cables, mainly on Trang Hung Dau and mused about them being moved underground some day.Co-incidentally Vietnam Daily News published an article about the same thing.Full article hereThe main concern is t...
Power talks
You know what it's like, you stop seeing things after a while then something happens and whatever it is is back in focus. I'd been trying to take some pictures of buildings and bemoaning the power cables always getting in the way so, of course, soon ...
A shoe with everything
Diamondesque jewels set on a giant multicoloured, multifacet jewel, surrounded by a ring of clear jewels sitting on more of the same on a gold trimmed and silver studded Be Be flip flop with a bit of wedgieness about it and silver studs teamed with f...
