More Phan Rang – Ninh Chu beach – Vietnam 29-01-2015

Traditional coracle with sculling oar.


Amazing bird like butterfly.


Young rice fields?

Cham style statue of dancer.

Australian wattle?                                                Desert pea.

Fibreglass coracle.

These women builders allowed me to take this photo.

Typical tall houses.

View from unfinished High Diving pool.

Coracle drying.


Interesting though scary scafolding and no safety harness for the roofers.

Phan Rang - Ninh Chu Beach – Vietnam 26-01-2015

Railway map - Thap Cham station.


Thap Cham railway station.
 
  
Cham reliefs.

Cool meeting place.

Recycled - water sprayer.


A retreat at Ninh Chu Bay.
Ninh Chu Bay, has a beautiful curving beach and located  not far from the city of Phan Rang.  Local people fish from curricles very early, hauling in their nets by 8am.  We also saw wind surfers in the afternoon when the onshore breeze picks up.
Phan Rang is the capital of Ninh Thuan Province, and is off the general tourist route. Its a city mix of old and new, like much we have encountered so far, with wifi,ATMs metered taxis etc.

A walk along Saigon River – HCMC- Vietnam 24-01-2015

Me Linh.



Drying coconut and papaya?

Saigon River

Hoa Lu Kindergarten.
 


Heron - Saigon River.

Collecting weed on the Saigon River.

Saigon River.

Asian elephants.

Leopard Cat.

At the Saigon Zoo.

A walk round Ho Chi Minh City centre – Vietnam 20-01-2015

The glorious Central Post Office - Built between 1886 and 1891 by French architect Gustave Eiffel. 




Laquered rosewood telephone boxes, repeated on the other side of the entrance hall.

The Notre-Dame Basilica - Narrow brick format in flemish bond.
Built from 1877-1880 The bricks were shipped from Marseilles! The cost of construction some 2.5 million francs! 

Nearby Park.


   
Bougainvillea                                              Enigma at Propaganda Bistro