Approaching Saigon from the east on an overcast day. Returning from San Francisco on Vietnam Airlines Flight VN99, SFO-SGN, in an Airbus A350-900, seat 33K, shot with an iPhone 12.
Landing in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) May 16 2022
Flower of a weed
Just a flowering weed in our soi (alley).
Thai mourning period and black clothing
Thais are in a mourning period for one year from the date of the King’s death Oct 13 2016. There are shrines and funeral bunting everywhere; the citizens dress in black. Soon they will come out of the mourning period.
Sold out condominiums
Real estate is hot in Bangkok. So hot that these two projects claim to have sold out before groundbreaking. I suppose the psychology of the signs is to make us feel like fools for being so late in buying. Another
Trees as plant hangers
There are a couple of sidewalk trees on Soi Rang Nam at a motorbike taxi stop that get special care. Someone has wrapped the trunks with vining plants. They have been like that for over a year.
Tour buses with dolls, stuffed animals
Tour buses at Pratinum market. Hmm.
Memorial for Chris Hardaker, Brooktrails Community Garden, 3 Sep 2017
Sign at an environmental group office. I went to Calif for two weeks after I got word of my brother. My aged aunt was the only family there and it was difficult for her. These are some photos and information
Three nights in Cha-Am, Thailand
Thu and I came back to Bangkok in August for another half year of school. She is finishing her masters at Mahidol University. Before classes started, we went down to see Cha-Am, a beach town on the Gulf of Thailand,
Phú Mỹ Hưng Apartment, Saigon
When we returned from Bangkok in August 2016, we decided to live in the expat ghetto in District 7, Phú Mỹ Hưng, for a change. We stayed for 11 months. Wide clean suburban streets, no street vendors, lots more cars,
Coffeship and Floating Market
Saigon has another floating market in District 7 besides the seasonal one in District 8 during Tet. It is on the canal across from District 4.