The red flag flapping in the wind outside the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum The never-ending queue of visitors waiting to enter the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum We left Ho Chi Minh and flew to Hanoi with a totally different goal … Read more
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Ho Chi Minh – Of Sounds & Smells
A traffic warden controlling the busy traffic The Ho Chi Minh Youth Union in the city center Vietnam – or more accurately ‘Viet Nam’ – refers to ‘the people’ (Viet) of the South (Nam). There are altogether 54 different ethnicities … Read more
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Tagged Binh Tay Market, Cha Tam Church, Ho Chi Minh, Notre Dame Cathedral, Red, Reunification Palace
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Day and Night With Flora and Fauna At Gardens By The Bay
The Gardens By The Bay is a large visitor attraction in Singapore, one of the latest attractions to have opened here in 2011. Encapsulating the concept of life as a city in a garden, the attraction consists of altogether seven themed … Read more
Through The Green Corridor Into The Past
I didn’t know about the existence of this trail till he mentioned it to me. Its name, The Green Corridor, was immediately appealing and triggered my curiosity, especially after I got to find out more about its historical significances and … Read more
Diving Into The Southeast Asia Aquarium (S.E.A.A.)
Above: A school of catfish; Below: Sea cucumbers lying alongside a tiger cowry shell These are some of the many pictures that I took inside the S.E.A. Aquarium back in October. The sea jellies are among the list of my … Read more