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A Shining Smile, Sapa, Vietnam
The shining smile of a woman who just tried to sell me a girlfriend for a half hour.
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Drying Rice, Northern Vietnam
This shot of a woman tending to part of her annual rice crop was taken in the village of Puco, a settlement of about 30 families near the border between Phu Tho…
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Terraced Fields, Tu Le Valley, Vietnam
I had risotto tonight. So I think the association here is obvious.
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Young Monk, Hanoi’s Temple of Literature
Seeing an image today of Barack Obama and Anthony Bourdain eating like --and with-- locals in a small place in Hanoi reminded me of this one-man welcome…
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Pic du Jour: Seamstress and Clothes Vendor, Sapa, Vietnam
A portrait of a woman who sold me a pair of pants I'll never wear.
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Terraced Rice fields, Tu Le Valley, Vietnam
Has anyone worked or watched a rice harvest?
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Halong Bay Sunset
At a UNESCO World Heritage Site that's leaves the impression that it's being loved to death.
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The Day I Wanted to Visit Ho Chi Minh
Today's Pic du Jour, the blog's 659th straight, is a reminder of the day, five years ago today, that I wanted to visit Ho Chi Minh. But he wasn't there. If you…
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The Guardian: Finding Vietnam’s War Children
From The Guardian, Finding Vietnam’s War Children, a fascinating story about US Army medic Bob Shirley who returned to the country nearly 50 years later to visit the children he photographed during the war to see how life has treated them. An excellent photo story.
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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi
Following up on my friend Lisa's suggestion, I created a Best-of page for this site today. It's been long overdue and has been on my mind since right about the…
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The Vietnam Moratorium March, 45 Years Later
Remembering one of the largest anti-war demonstrations in US history.
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Wars Never End – an Annual Reminder (Pic du Jour)
Recalling a visit with Agent Orange's third generation.
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Breakfast With a Smile, Hanoi
The vivid memory of this woman's smile greeted me when I woke up this morning. I have no idea what provoked it but I didn't fight it. There are worse images…
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