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Bottlers scrape the excess sharp plastic from these crates.

Lifelong Friends: Hue, (WAY), in the center is Dinh’s best friend from his reporter days. Hue is still a professional photographer, however most are now for weddings. Minh Ut, left end, is Dinh’s youngest son. (Story on last page—CLICK ON PIX and SCROLL DOWN TO READ ARTICLE)

Determination Dinh’s children: Minh, the elder, with me (the Ut, or youngest) with Dinh’s youngest daughter, or Minh Chi Ut, Minh, the younger and Dinh (“Determination”). Dinh invited me to watch the Asia World Cup, eat dried octopus and a fish soup while discussing life, family and songs. Day #1 in Vietnam, July 6, 2007

Saigon, having more liberal attitudues, display Catholic temples in their common courtyards instead of the standard Buddhist ones that many of the rural areas uphold.

You take your life into your own hands as traffic goes both ways everywhere.

Many young children must sell lottery tickets to help out their families.

Notre Dame Basilica in Saigon Though not the most widely accepted religion and a distant second to Buddhism, there are many more churches in bigger cities like this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Notre-Dame_Basilica

Military Tea

Saigon Revisited Everytime we re-emerged in this great, crazy city, it was raining or had just dumped, making it cooler by nearly 10 degrees from Hue and cleaning the smog while creating little puddles of pathways going to Michele’s aunt’s house in the heart of District 5. Tourists know District 1 well, for that’sContinue reading “Military Tea”