Wednesday, December 05, 2012

December 2012 Saigon streets

Walking around Saigon's Ben Thanh Ward, Dist. 1 
 



Just add a new wire,
ya, that will fix it.
Poster extolling the evils
of drugs. 


curbside recycling Vietnamese style




 
Ever present street side food vendors
Drive-in fruit market

Always stuff going on

what can be said
 
Pizza to go
Ready to ride, until the white haired guy
with the camera showed up.
fresh sugar cane
Hand pained art, see the artist at work
on the left inside.
and we are out of here 2
We are out of here 1
owner supervised motorbike repair
  OSHA spec. flip flops
You brake em we fix em.
These guys really enjoyed have there photo taken
You dirty them we'll clean em at a
very reasonable price and quickly.
Fresh load of tourists, off to see Vietnam,
by the numbers.
Tourists who broke off from the bus tour
what now?

Police maintaining park rules while having a chat
Park 23-9 rules, on the flip side
in Vietnamese.
Hand and hose watering all day
street side take away
t-shirts

Streets always crammed with cars, buses, trucks, bikes and
what have you.  Even saw an older lady wheeling her self
through rush hour traffic in a chair.
 
Our hero (Doug), I'm outa here.