Archives for Sunday, May 6, 2012

The Hai Yen Travel budget travel agency was run by my friend, Quan, who taught me a lot about Vietnamese culture and the Vietnamese way of thinking.  He asked me to create  a logo for his travel agency so I decided to use the one from my SaigonNezumi.com blog at the time.  Quan passed away after a boating accident in Can Tho back in 2009. We had actually stopped speaking for 3 … [Read more...] about Hai Yen Travel (2006)

I lived in the Phu Nhuan District of Saigon for over 4 years.  I rented my own house and enjoyed the many years there.  The house was falling apart towards my last days forcing me to move to District 1 in 2010.  I plan to move back to the Phu Nhuan District in the later half of 2012 since I miss the area so much.  It was home to me. … [Read more...] about My Old House in the Phu Nhuan District

One of my earlier pictures of Saigon from 2006.  Many people will miss this image. The Pre-Vincom Saigon was very beautiful. … [Read more...] about Old Saigon? (2006)

I was going through my SaigonNezumi.com pictures and found this one that I forgot about.  It was taken back in October, 2006.  I was with the personal assistant to my boss when I was the Creative Services Manager at Indochina Capital.  We were heading to the print shop on Vo Thi Sau street when we say this family sleeping on the stairs.  In 2006, you could many of the wealthy … [Read more...] about Poor Vietnamese