Saigon

These Tet gifts, made up of coffee, cookies, tea, etc., are sold everywhere before the Tet holiday starts. … [Read more...] about Tet in Saigon

Vietnamese are now celebrating the Year of the Dragon during their Tet celebrations this week.  Today is Day 6 of Tet.  Right before Tet, Vietnamese bring their Tet trees back into their homes.  Most of these trees will stay in the home for Tet but a service will later pick them up and take care of these trees until the next Tet. … [Read more...] about Tet Tree in Saigon

A very popular restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam.  I really liked this pool with a small walkway.  It was quite relaxing. … [Read more...] about Indochine Restaurant

A friend, Lawrence, just married his Vietnamese bride yesterday.  The wedding ceremony and reception was a fusion of Western and Vietnamese traditions.  It was my second full wedding I ever attended in my life, my first full wedding in Vietnam.  Normally in Vietnam guests attend the wedding reception later in the evening.  It was nice to see a wedding from the very … [Read more...] about A Multicultural Western Vietnamese Wedding

Visited my friend Dylan's place at the Saigon Pearl Apartments located about 10 minutes from District 1.  Here is a good shot of the Saigon River with District 2 (An Phu Ward) in the foreground.  A lot of trade passes through these shipyards. … [Read more...] about A View of the Saigon River from Saigon Pearl