Tag: Saigon

These Tet gifts, made up of coffee, cookies, tea, etc., are sold everywhere before the Tet holiday starts.

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…

A very popular restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam. I really liked this pool with a small walkway. It was quite relaxing.

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…

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…

Heading towards Le Thanh Ton street in District 1 on Nguyen Cuu Van street, riders will always be greeted by the GemaDept Building. I have only been in this building…

This is my favorite Turkish dish called Iskender. I first had it in Istanbul, Turkey, back in the summer of 2002. Every chance I get I eat it. By far, this is the one of…

The Turks like to joke, if you want to stay up a week, drink some Turkish coffee. Oddly enough, despite the graininess of the coffee, it is quite good. Do not worry…

I am a huge fan of Turkish food having first tried it in Taraz, Kazakhstan, back in 1998. It was nice to see a high quality, reasonably priced Turkish restaurant opening…

Most people in Vietnam get their news from Tuoi Tre News. This is the home of Tuoi Tre in Saigon. Many people can hold their opinion of the reliability of Tuoi Tre as a…

If you want to know what it looks like in Saigon, Vietnam, from a motorbiker's perspective, here it is.

A site everybody knows in Vietnam, the traffic police are quiet well known. For some, this motorcycle means getting your wallet out in a country where graft is a huge…

December is always a surprise in Vietnam, a country that is widely known, incorrectly, as being unfriendly to religion. Every Christmas Saigon turns into a tropical Xmas…

Traffic jams are normal occurrences in Saigon, Vietnam, now. I took this picture about one hour ago near the Pham Ngu Lao Backpacker Area in District 1. The intersection…

The Bitexco Building is currently the tallest building in Saigon, as of today. It is the second tallest in Vietnam. At first I considered this building an eye sore…

Some of my favorites photo shots are at airports taken from airplanes. This picture was taken just after arriving from Cam Ranh to Saigon. Vietnam Airlines is one of my…

A nice April, 2011, day at Khu Du Lich Van Thanh, just outside of Saigon's District 1. The Manor is in the background. Most Expats living here, as well as Vietnamese, do…

One of the popular coffee shops here in Vietnam, you see Highlands Coffee shops all over Saigon. I spend a lot of time meeting people at the various Highlands across…

The first image most people will get when mentioning Saigon today are lots and lots of motorbikes.

Another memorable day. My IT assistant, Lang, and I brought these donations of backpacks, school uniforms, and notebooks to Tuoi Tre News. They were donated by the…