Saigon in Snapshots- Part 1
What further fueled my interest in this country, is my love for Vietnamese cuisine- rice paper rolls, beef noodles, cold rice vermicelli and fish sauce. I love 'em all!
In the remainder of this entry and the following part(s), I hope to capture the essence of Saigon or Ho Chi Minh for people who have never been there. After debating with myself how best to do this, I decided a photo essay of my recent trip to South Vietnam would be a good approach. Although cliched, a picture does paint a thousand words, dosen't it?
My photography skills are very amateurish and I know that many pictures are out of focus, shaky and not artistically composed enough. But I hope I have at least managed to capture part of the quintessence -the people, the culture, the food, the architecture- of the bustling city of Ho Chi Minh, as that was what I intended to do when I took these photographs.
Bird's eye view of the Mekong River.
A Chinese temple.
Spiral incense.
Progressive sunset snapshots of Saigon city skyline.
taken while on a cruise.
Typically narrow shops and motorcycles in the city center.
Booby traps, an omnious reminder of the
Vietnam War.
Smallest trapdoor into the Cuchi tunnel catacombs
where the Vietnamese communists hid from the
American troops- only A4 in size!
Lady making the thin, almost translucent rice paper wrappers
for the famous Vietnamese spring rolls.
Sturdy sandals made from recycled tires.
Workers at a lacquerware factory, many of whom are handicapped as a result of exposure/their parent's exposure to
Agent Orange, chemical warfare used during the war.
The finished products. Lacquerware inlaid with intricate egg
shells and mother-of-pearl.
Food! Clockwise from left 1. Veg spring rolls 2. Pork wonton
3. Sweet and sour salad
4. Savoury cake 5.Fried pork with ground nuts
posted by N.J.A.P.F. @ 1:50 PM
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