Halong Bay: Fishing Village

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There are 7 of these fishing villages in Halong Bay.

It would be a very difficult life, our there on the water. 

Halong Bay: Jasmine

It's a commitment to make it to Halong Bay and spend the night on a Junk. It was a 3 hour drive from Hanoi.

It is a well oiled tourist machine but it was really cool to be on the boat and just take the landscape in. 

We stopped at a cave and at a local fishing village. Had a great meal and were asleep early. Must have been all that fresh, salt air. It was a great birthday. 

Hanoi: Tet

Just got back from a week with my parents in Vietnam. They came to visit and was really nice to have them here. 

We started in Hanoi, where New Years preparations were under way! The flower markets were amazing and everyone buys a plum blossom, or a kumquat tree for their home. Watching all the motorbikes zip by with these trees was hilariously alarming. 

My Neighborhood: Ban Visoun

The Master

Euay Davon: Master Dyer and Weaver

Who I would like to be when I grow up. 

Hmong New Year

 Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab: Happy New Year in Hmong

Such a colorful week.

Hmong New Year, Luang Prabang 2012

Earth Matters

Earth Matters: Lidewij Edelkoort

colors of the earth

Levitation: Japanese style

 Natsumi Hayashi is yawayowa camera woman. She photographs herself levitating. 

Simply the coolest. 

Open Spaces

Plenty of windows please. 

Reckless:Disarm

Reckless

Embracing our fleeting moments of recklessness and our inherent fragility, that ultimately define who we are, spontaneously, yet cathartically, we give in to our widely passionate emotions: cry our eyes out, punch a wall, descend into madness for a bit. Resisting only prolongs the agony, inhibiting our creative juices and marginalizing what should be very real, organic experiences. Darker emotions, raw and inflamed, propel us into uncertain yet sincere experiences, without the measures thought that prevents us from living a genuine life. We are disarmed, which lends itself to certain fragility: whether it is disturbing or sweet we take notice. 

:Trend forecast for Spring/Summer 2013:
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