These are some kinds of plants and flowers found in my mama’s garden. Actually, it’s not really a garden but tiny patches of land that she manages to bring in as many of her favorite plants as possible. I know the names of only some of her plants so for this photo collection, I decide […]
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Couple railway bridges: Bạch Hổ & Dã Viên
These two bridges link the Northern bank of Hương River, Dã Viên Islet and Southern bank of Hương River together.
Bánh Khoái Cá Kình
Right at a corner of chaotic Chuồn Market, there is a woman, surrounded with people, struggling with a dozen of pans. It’s O Lành (Auntie Lành), a great “bánh khoái cá kình” maker. She used a short stalk of a banana leaf coating the pan’s bottom with a thin layer of cooking oil. She then […]
Sun-seeking on Tam Giang Lagoon
To catch a glorious sunrise on Tam Giang Lagoon, you are supposed to wake up at 3 am. Yes, that was what I did last Sunday. When I arrived at Asian Travel Mate Office on Lê Lợi Str. at 4am, many guests were already there waiting for the bus, ready for the sun-seeking trip. I […]
A meaningful trip to A Lưới
“How do you say ‘little sister’ in your dialect?” I asked Sương and Cu Bàng, my new little Pako friends from A Lưới. “A em,” they answered in chorus. “A em?” How come these two sounds feel so close to my heart? I was truck with emotion and memory. And at that time, the first […]
Huế Food
While I was studying in Bandung, a city famous for its unique cuisine on Java Island (Indonesia), I had thought that my gastronomical urges would be satisfied by the abundance of local delicacies. Besides, there was a Vietnamese restaurant called Hanoi House to satisfy my craving for Vietnamese food. However, I still felt like something […]
Cycling to Cầu Ngói Thanh Toàn
Thư and I met in front of Big C in a cloudy morning to cycle to Thanh Toàn Bridge. That was the second time we cycled there. (The first time was in summertime two years ago.) It was raining on the way there but somehow we loved riding in the rain. In the light rain, […]
Mustard Blossoms: a Simple Beauty
Mustard flowers always come with spring. Tiny, yellow and lively blossoms are rhythmically swaying in the wind. They look so joyful and free. Under the blue sky, in the honey-yellow sunshine, they dance and dance and dance until turning into slim green pods… You are invited to watch a video clip of the mustard plant […]
Điềm Phùng Thị’s Gifts
Huế, May 3, 2009 Before leaving this beloved world, she dedicated an invaluable gift, which was accumulated from her heart and talent, to Huế – her homeland. She is Điềm Phùng Thị – a renowned sculptor; and the present is her own art works together with the French style residence where she lived during the […]
A Garden of Broken Potteries
When my history mentor Hồ Tấn Phan’s house has no more room for both intact and broken old potteries “excavated” from Hương River, he has to leave them outside in his garden. You’re invited to visit a corner of his pottery garden in the video clip below: