This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Our final image in this series is of the Ben Thanh markets, in “District 1” of Ho Chi Minh City. I mentioned earlier this week that the markets have played a central role in HCMC (or Saigon, as it was known prior to…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Well, actually, this is about 100km from HCMC, at Cai Be, in the Mekong Delta. The very term “Mekong Delta” conjures up visions of intrigue, and danger – and of beauty and excitement, and a dozen other emotions mixed together – for many westerners.…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. I love to travel and today’s image – a typical street scene in HCMC – is a good example of why. I’d hired a Xich Lo, or Cyclo, to get a ride around Ho Chi Minh City for a while – just to…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. For Thursday, a view I’m calling Bricks and Billboards, taken from our hotel in HCMC, The Ruby River. It’s typical of the vistas in Ho Chi Minh City – utilitarian, a bit run down – and peppered with reminders that this country…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. And for Wednesday, it is a couple of market stalls in the Ben Thanh markets in District 1, or central Ho Chi Minh City. I’ll talk about the history of the markets later this week but its interesting that these particular markets have…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. If you go to Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon) in Vietnam, whether you book any day-tours around the city or just follow the guide-books, there are a number of places that are almost guaranteed to be on the itinerary. There’s the…
This week, our Travel pics series is H for Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam – it has more than 10 million people, and that’s expected to increase by another four million within 10 years. It also has an OFFICIAL 3.5 million motorcycles – but suggestions are it…
This week, our Travel pics series has been G for Gardens. The final image in the series comes from London. St James’ Park is one of eight ‘Royal Parks’ in London, and stretches from Buckingham Palace to The Mall and The Horse Guards. It has a lake, islands, waterfowl, and flowers aplenty – bed after bed…
This week, our Travel pics series is G for Gardens. For Saturday, it’s Singapore, and the city-state’s National Orchid Gardens.. We recently had reason to spend a few days in Singapore, on our way to Vietnam, and discovered a great little bonus that is sometimes on offer if you fly with Singapore Airlines – the Singapore…
This week, our Travel pics series is G for Gardens. And here’s the thing about gardens. They don’t have to be big, formal, organised gardens like some we’ve featured this week. And they don’t have to be commercially productive, or a big tourist attraction, or functional in any way. Some gardens, of course, are tiny –…
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