photo diary vietnam, part I

A photo/travel/portrait/documentary-diary from my trip to Vietnam, summer 2013. The trip lasted a little more than five weeks in total - three weeks with a friend and two weeks alone. I travelled through the country from south to north by train, wearing trainers and tugging along a relatively small backpack including my camera. Here is the result.

Ten hours spent in Dubai Airport - sleeping on the floor wrapped in a blanket and trying to look after your backpack even while sleeping. Awaken by the morning choir at 4 o'clock in the morning

The local market near our quarter in Ho Chi Minh City

Frogs with beating hearts still jumping around after beheading 

A portion of the traditional Vietnamese beef-noodle soup, pho, in the streets of Ho Chi Minh

Before leaving Ho Chi Minh City around 4.30 a.m. 

Eating lunch, rice paper and herbs, with nuns from a small monastery in Phan Rang - Thap Cham

Evening in Phan Rang after searching for a hostel the entire day

Stained teeth of a regular betel chewer

Cham temples from the 16th century

Traditional egg/rice pancakes in the making 

Visiting Cham towers in the countryside

Hard seat trains during nighttime 

Exploring the beautiful coastal town Tuy Hoa

We found the largest shell I have ever seen

Fishermen in front of their house just by the sea

 Early sunrise in Qui Nhon

Eating dragon fruits on a cliff overlooking the bay

Plenty of colourful fishing boats in Qui Nhon

Storm in Quy Nhon. The sky was (almost) tumbling down on the beach

The bay after a rainfall 

Meat market in Dieu Tri

Arriving in Hoi An before a heavy cloudburst

Cua Dai beach just outside of Hoi An

Morning in Hue

Preparation for the morning market

Morning coffee among guts, liver and intestines

Rice packages