Hanoi, Vietnam, Winter of 2010

[Royale With Cheese]

First time in Vietnam & I booked a direct flight to Hanoi. The main idea was to be there to shoot & attend a fellow RF-er's wedding in Hanoi.

I spend 5 days mostly alone in Hanoi. I had no prior planning on where I should be going or what I should be doing. Just booked a flight & the hotel & let the road take me for 5 days before I met up with Mai to head to Halong Bay.

I enjoyed shooting there, the only thing that allowed me to get to places & navigate would be my iPhone with the GPS & just one pirated copy of Lonely Planet, Vietnam sold along the streets in Hanoi.

Every morning before I got out of the hotel, read a couple of pages of Lonely Planet, Vietnam, routed the route on my iPhone & walked around for almost 4-5hours each day taking pictures & experiencing the local culture.

Most of the locals called me "dien" which meant "mad" in Vietnamnese as in the daily average of 15 degree celsius, I was only wearing T-shirts, berms. I got quite a fair bit of stares from all the locals as they were all wrapped up in their jackets etc.

The old quarter where I stayed in was an amazing place & that was the place where the wonderful street life takes place. From 5am-11pm, there was plenty to shoot all round.

I guess the only problem there would be communication as the Vietnamese people do not actually speak English well.

I nearly got robbed on my first night in Hanoi as some dodgy looking girl came up to me & tried to pick my pocket while talking to me. Threw her a nice Lennox Lewis heavy right hook to her face & broke her nose! ha!!!!

Other than that incident that took place, Hanoi was just perfect. The street side food, the weather, it was all perfect! Didn't wanna come home at all!

These are my documentation of life in Hanoi, I hope you all enjoy them!

More to come, those are just from the first roll out of 11 rolls. I've only scanned 3 so far & only the first roll has gone through Light Room processing, thats why I've uploaded them here.

Merry Xmas in advance & watch this space! I'll be posting more in the coming days as soon as I've sorted them out!
PS: 95% shot on Canon 35mm F2 LTM/M39 screw mount lens! Perfect small travelling companion!

 

[blacvios]

Gary, nice signature style shots as always thanks for sharing:thumbsup:

 

[meven]

That's a great start Gary, waiting for more! Keep them coming.

 

[oliprolli]

Great set bro! More please!

 

[wongsan]

Excellent series:thumbsup:
Looking forward to more Hanoi from you...

stop drinking and start scanning!

 

[alex36]

Nice work! Waiting for more! :thumbsup:

 

[LowLights]

Swee :thumbsup:

More more .. after that you can finished up the Blue Label

 

[pixelbrain]

more please!! with mei mei.. :lovegrin:

 

[baboonish]

merry christmas to you Gary! Nice write-up on your trip! oh and did you really right hook the girl who tried to pickpocket you?!!!!

 

[gommy]

Great series Gary! more please..:thumbsup:

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Gary, nice signature style shots as always thanks for sharing

That's a great start Gary, waiting for more! Keep them coming.

Great set bro! More please!

Excellent series
Looking forward to more Hanoi from you...

stop drinking and start scanning!

Nice work! Waiting for more!

Swee

More more .. after that you can finished up the Blue Label

more please!! with mei mei..

merry christmas to you Gary! Nice write-up on your trip! oh and did you really right hook the girl who tried to pickpocket you?!!!!

Great series Gary! more please..

Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry merry xmas!!!! I'm scanning films now, so should be akan datang shortly!!!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

2nd roll, 9 more to go, shag man........:

 

[Daoyin]

Nice pictures. Keep them coming.

 

[zk-diq]

alamak, I thought you have all the lohbang there. Next time, you first get a interpreter cum tour guide lah. (Public Relation Officer)

 

[NazgulKing]

Nice.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Nice pictures. Keep them coming.

Thanks

alamak, I thought you have all the lohbang there. Next time, you first get a interpreter cum tour guide lah. (Public Relation Officer)

Must find young hot viet meimei!!!

Nice

Thanks bro, more coming, only at 3rd roll, 8 more rolls to go through!!!

Here comes the 3rd roll:

 

[Royale With Cheese]

 

[Royale With Cheese]

4th roll

 

[alex36]

Nice! Nice! I'm hoping to see some Ao Dais soon in your next posts!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Nice! Nice! I'm hoping to see some Ao Dais soon in your next posts!

Alamak bro, actually in Hanoi, the only people I saw wearing Ao Dais was the Vietnam Airlines crew! haha!

Anyway, I'll update more tomorrow, its about time I head out to hit the pubs & start the drinking madness:sweat: