saigon randoms

SAIGON RANDOMS. A compilation of all the left-over photos taken in Saigon throughout December-January, starting with my absolute favorite taken on the first day of 2012!

P.S. Chuc mung nam moi!

mekong delta: day three

MEKONG DELTA: DAY THREE. Last day in the Mekong Delta, we first hit the floating market and after visited a fruit farm. The highlight though was definitely visiting the local market before heading back to Saigon, It was much more exciting compared to the other local markets I had been to so far - live snakes! In their little glass cages it was fine, but while we were taking our pictures a 'snake hunter' came by with his newest catch and started pulling out the snakes and placing them on the table right next to me, help!

mekong delta: day two

MEKONG DELTA: DAY TWO. Between finding a cute, affordable apartment in downtown Rotterdam (yeeeees) and a gazillion deadlines (thanks, uni...), I've had very little time to sort out the +2000 photos taken in Vietnam this winter, but I'm working on it, so bear with me. Here are the pictures from our second day at the Mekong Delta, personally my favorite day, because the flooded Tra Su forest gone nature reserve was amazing. I'm not usually a friend of birds, but that day, every bird spotted made me squeal. Almost as must as I squealed when a huge spider decided to get acquainted with my back.

mekong delta: day one

MEKONG DELTA: DAY ONE. During our last week in Vietnam we decided to go on a 3 day trip through the Mekong Delta area. The first day was a bit touristy, we were travelling with a tour, so we did things like visit coconut candy and honey tea production sites, but most of the time was spent on the bus/boat/ferry as we made our way from Saigon to Chau Doc, a little town on the border to Cambodia.