Thursday, October 4, 2012

VIETNAM: 15 PHOTOS AND A RADIO SHOW

Got to love a place where you can buy a CryoVac snake at the airport. #HoChiMinhCity #Vietnam #UnexpectedSouvenirs #Travelingram
Everyone I know who has been to Vietnam has loved it.

I mean really, really loved it.

I had spent a heap of time in Asia without ever having set foot in Vietnam until recently. And within moments of stepping out into the technicolour mayhem of a Ho Chi Minh City evening, all I could think was "What's taken me so long?"

A few hours earlier an unforgettable aircraft approach swept around sparkling city towers before falling gently towards canyons of neon whose currents of jiggling scooter headlights flowed determinedly up and down stream.