Doi Cat Do-Red Sandhill, Phan Thiet, Viet Nam

We stayed in this Hon Rom, Phan Thiet's resort. We found lots of beautiful scallop shells on the beach, and had an experience that we never forget. During our first night dinner there, the lights went out. It was real dark, you couldn't see a thing. The waitress brought out some candles, and I said: "Wow! dinner by the candle light, how romantic!", but the wind kept blowing "our romantic candles" out every time we got them lighted up (It was a rainy and windy night). Luckily after a few minutes, they got the electricity back on.

Chi tiec la o day va o Nha Trang, bai bien nao cung day rac ruoi. Dang le phai nen cam xa rac moi dung. Rac lam mat di ve my quang va thieu van minh noi chung la cua ca nuoc. Khong biet o Viet Nam nguoi ta co y thuc ve viec nay hay khong ma toi thay di dau thien ha cung vat rac bua bai, mat ve sinh.





Some people rented the small mats to slide down the hill.





Sand Dunes, Phan Thiet.




We spotted this red sandhill near Mui Ne, Phan Thiet. It was a fascinating and unique site. This area is hot, dry, windy, and it receives only little rainfall every year. For a bunch of city folks like us, we have never seen anything like it. We imagined that we had landed on "Mars" or in a "Science Fiction Movie Set." We had so much fun for just being there; taking and posing for pictures.






Anh-Vu and Hong-Bao.







Nga and Bao.
















Beautiful patterns on the sand.

Can Tho's Floating Market, Viet Nam

Can Tho is famous for its floating market, so we went there to buy some fruits and vegetables.




We had to board the Pha-Ferry similiar to this one to cross the river to get to Can Tho.



The Can Tho's river port.





We hired a boat and boarded here and it took us to the floating market.





We bought some bananas from this lady. They were very sweet. Women in Viet Nam like fair-skin (unlike my children and I, we love to get some tan when we were there) that was why she wore the outershirt to cover her arms even though the weather was very hot on that day.



Thanh Long-Dragon fruit sellers.









Anh-Vu had to get on the roof-top of our rented boat to take these pictures.





The long stick advertises what people are selling on their boats.





An old French building by the river.



Home delivery.


Left to right: My husband-Hai, Bao, Nga and Anh-Vu. That night in Can Tho, we ate on the restaurant-boat in the background. At 8pm the boat daparted and cruised around the river. On the river-bank; shops, resorts, and restaurants were lighted up in beautiful neon signs and colors. The food was great and we loved Vong Co-the traditional southern music that they played.



Left to right: My brother-in-law-Hiep, Hai, Anh-Vu and Bao.



Can Tho has lots of coconut trees.


The new bridge lies next to the old bridge that has yet to be completely demolished.

Flowers and Fruits-Photoshop Technique

This is the new technique that I want to mess around with. It is fun to try, learn, and use this useful tool. First I scan my photos, then go to Photoshop, set them on a very high contrast, add more colors, and play around with either light or dark settings until I got what I want. And these are the outcome.