Sa Pa, or Sapa, is the trekking paradise of Vietnam. The capital of Sa Pa District in Lào Cai Province in northwest Vietnam. Sa Pa is one of the main market towns in the area, with plenty of places to stay and good transport links. The market is a melting pot where several ethnic minority groups such as Hmong, Dao, Giáy, Pho Lu, and Tay live and trade. I took a 3 day superb guided hike through the hills and valleys of Sapa.
The streets of Hanoi, bustling with oriental scenes of markets, motorbikes, food, road-side restaurants, tuk-tuks, Chinese lanterns, cone-shaped hats, dangerously low-hanging wires and bird cages!! Hours of attention for a wandering photographer who isn't afraid of getting lost!
The streets of Hanoi, bustling with oriental scenes of markets, motorbikes, food, road-side restaurants, tuk-tuks, Chinese lanterns, cone-shaped hats, dangerously low-hanging wires and bird cages!! Hours of attention for a wandering photographer who isn't afraid of getting lost!
Hoi An, one of the most picturesque stop offs on the Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi train ride. Also know as 'Faifoo' on the coast of the East Sea in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is a perfect little travellers stop, with fantastic restaurants and local food and beautiful lantern lit streets and fishing boats along the river. The endless market stalls and coloured lanterns fill endless hours of photography opportunities and oriental dreams.
The Mekong Delta, Vietnam. An important area of bio-diversity and environmental stability for Southern Vietnam. Know as the 'River of the Nine Dragons' the Mekong empties its currents into the sea in a series of distributaries and channels which form a vital shipping and fishing network for the country and economy. Local people worry that a set of HEP projects upriver in China pose a huge threat to this vitally important Delta. The argument ensues… just who can "own" water??
The streets of Hanoi, bustling with oriental scenes of markets, motorbikes, food, road-side restaurants, tuk-tuks, Chinese lanterns, cone-shaped hats, dangerously low-hanging wires and bird cages!! Hours of attention for a wandering photographer who isn't afraid of getting lost!
Hoi An, one of the most picturesque stop offs on the Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi train ride. Also know as 'Faifoo' on the coast of the East Sea in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is a perfect little travellers stop, with fantastic restaurants and local food and beautiful lantern lit streets and fishing boats along the river. The endless market stalls and coloured lanterns fill endless hours of photography opportunities and oriental dreams.
The afternoon monsoon rains hit downtown Ho Chi Minh City at rush hour. A thousand bikes seamed to appear from no where and flood the roads with metal and rubber as well as the rainwater. The road soon had no more space to offer the commuters and office workers, and the pavements became the new over-taking lane. The only dry space left to shelter and observe this spectacle was a clased shop front window. The pavement in-front became a pit-stop for those bikers needing to apply make-shift raincoats and answer mobile phones.
A street vender walks the monsoon drenched streets of Hanoi searching for hungry customers. A rather candid shot taken from the shelter of a nearby cafe. Not by far my cleanest or sharpest image but I feel it best suits the atmosphere, feel and character that encapsulates the bustling oriental streets of Hanoi.
