Category Archives: Vietnam

The rest of my photos from Vietnam are up in the gallery for your enjoyment. I think you will agree that the design photos are especially fabulous. Vietnamese posters were much more prevailent in the South and used a style … Continue reading →

Saigon (AKA Ho Chi Minh City) contains about three million motorbikes. Between the bikes, tuk tuks, cyclos and buses itís a pretty busy place. We knew about the fall of Saigon and the airlifts off of the American Embassy in … Continue reading →

I’ve been hearing a lot of griping lately about my sketchbook section not being up. Just for you guys I stayed in Saigon a few extra days holed up in my room resizing images and coding the pages. I can’t … Continue reading →

I’ve been heading South through Vietnam for the past three weeks. My cousin flew in from Chicago to travel with me so I’ve been a bit busy riding motorbikes, sailing around Halong Bay and getting 3 piece green suits made … Continue reading →

The first thing that anyone mentions when talking about Hoi An is the clothes. The town started out with a few tailor shops but as itís reputation grew more tailors opened to cater to the increasing number of tourists. Now … Continue reading →

We flew into Hue to save ourselves the 12-hour train ride. I wasnít quite sure that my cousin (whoís over six feet tall) would fit into a sleeper compartment so the 6:30am flight from Ha noi was a sacrifice he … Continue reading →

My train from Sa Pa was faster than I like–arriving in Hanoi at 4am. I stumbled out of the train half asleep and sat on the dark corner outside the station until daybreak. The moto drivers were very confused by … Continue reading →

Sa Pa is a fairly small town surrounded by mountains near the Vietnamese border. Leaving China was a bit shocking, even though there were many similar minority groups it felt very different. The Vietnamese and Chinese majorities act and treat … Continue reading →