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| Maury Krystel | profile | all galleries >> Southeast Asia (Winter 2007) >> Vietnam | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Halong Bay |
 Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City, The unending traffic - with no stoplights in sight |
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 Embroidery workshop of Ms Dieu Trinh |
 Notre Dame Cathedral, circa 1880 |
 Sidewalks work well when the streets are full |
 Reunification Palace |
 Nighttime traffic scene |
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 The Municipal Theater |
 Searching for snails |
 Inside the General Post Office |
 School children exchanging hellos with Mimi |
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 Looking out of a car window is never dull |
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 The sights changed as we traveled to the Mekong Delta |
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 Family burial grounds in the rice fields |
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 The crew for our cruise on the Mekong River |
 Sights at the local floating market |
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 Watercraft still serve as main means of transport for many in the delta |
 The river provides water for many purposes |
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 Tending the dormant rice fields |
 School children on their way home |
 Cao Dai temple in the Mekong Delta |
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 Arriving in Hue |
 Home-hosted lunch at a royal garden home |
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 The Citadel and Imperial City |
 Regal gate of the Imperial City at the Citadel |
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 At the Tomb of King TuDuc |
 Khai Dinh's Tomb |
 Stone mandarins in the Court of Honor at Khai Dinh's mausoleum |
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 Prayer ceremony at Ba Mat pagoda |
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 Thien Mu (Heavenly Lady) pagoda |
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 Crossing the mountains toward Hoi An |
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 Along the East Sea |
 Fishermen with a reed boat |
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 Hoi An is known for its crafts and custom-made clothing |
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 Creating a lacquerware painting |
 Finished products on display |
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 350+ year old Japanese Covered Bridge linked Hoi An's ethnic Japanese and Chinese communities |
 Incense being sold by the side of the road |
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 Ha Long (dragon descending) Bay |
 A floating village in the Bay |
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 Reconstructed junks sail the waters |
 Fishermen tending their nets |
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 Hang Sung Sot (Grotto of Surprises) Caverns on Soi Sim Island |
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 Inside our junk |
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 Lunch menu |
 Tai Chi being demonstrated on the "sun" deck |
 Harder than it looks! |
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 Sugar cane alongside the fields |
 Our biking/walking trip to the village of Mai Chau |
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 Inside of a large, traditional house in the village |
 The Kitchen area |
 The wonderful meal prepared for us |
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 Mimi and our guide, "Johnny" |
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 Communal laundry area |
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 School girls wearing the traditional ao dai |
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 The streets of Hanoi |
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 Shops and services spill onto the sidewalk |
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 Having an afternoon smoke |
 War Remnant Museum |
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 Preparing snails |
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 Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton) |
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 John McCain has made 2 trips back to where he was held captive |
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 The Great House of Ceremonies at the Temple of Literature, parts of which date back to 1070 |
 Gate of Great Success |
 Inside the beautiful Museum of Ethnology |
 The faces that remain with us long after our trip ended |
 Memories of our trip / Vietnames urban life - just a blur. |
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