Showing posts with label vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vietnam. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Motorcycle Riders of Hanoi





In Hanoi, they say there are five million people and four million motorcycles!

In a country that is supposedly communist, the motorcycle has become a symbol of freedom and empowerment. People, milions of them, move around like swarms of bees on motorized bikes (although, a few still ride bicycles powered by human legs), to go to work, to shop, to fetch children, to go on a date, do anything, to go anywhere.





Is Metro Manila prepared for anything like this?






Thursday, August 28, 2008

Water Children of Halong Bay, Vietnam


They sell sea shells to tourists.


I am reminded of the water children of Liloan, Leyte.