Sapa Vietnam Rice Terrace The beauty of the ancient rice terraces of Vietnam’s Sapa district was unknown to westerners until the 1880s. In fact, as near as anyone can piece together, it was largely unknown to all but the hill tribes that inhabited the area up...
This is a collection of images of entrepreneurs that I shot on the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. Even though Vietnam is still purportedly a Communist country, it has made a policy shift to a smaller business-friendly, socialist-oriented, market economy and has begun...
Watch the Video on YouTube Halong Bay, or as it is known in Vietnamese “descending dragon bay”, is a body of water in the Gulf of Tonkin, a little over 100 miles east of Hanoi. The area is famous for the thousands of limestone karsts, islands and islets that thrust...
For many years I have heard tales of adventurous foodies drinking cobra blood and eating various snake dishes made from other parts of snake in a mysterious village just outside of Hanoi. When Sarah and I planned our trip recent nine-day trip to Sapa, Halong Bay and...
Xung Khiem Pavilion on the grounds of Tu Duc’s Royal Tomb The information sign at the Xung Khiem Pavilion on the grounds of Tu Duc’s Royal Tomb in Hue, Vietnam says it was, “requested by the emperor for the enjoyment of fresh air, the scenic view and as a place to...
This street scene, from when I was on my little adventure in Hoi An, Vietnam, just intrigued me. I found it compelling with a number of elements but I couldn’t figure out a graceful way to combine them all into one cohesive photograph. There was the wall, with the...
One morning in Hanoi, Vietnam I couldn’t sleep so I decided to leave my hotel early and go on a mini-Adventure through Old Town. Even at 6 AM, the place was a hive of activity with shopkeepers sweeping up their storefronts, street food vendors preparing aromatic...
