Category — Vietnam

PhotoShop was used to give colour (and life) to Malcolm Browne‘s famous shot of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thích Quảng Đức, who burned himself to protest the persecution of Buddhists in South Vietnam in 1963. The orange of the monks and the fire makes the scene more all the more powerful don’t you think?

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Hang Ken is one of 20 new caves discovered last year in Vietnam and is so massive that apparently, a skyscraper can fit inside. The photo below shows a giant cave column swagged in flowstone towers over explorers swimming through the depths of this cave.

More on National Geographic

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Though we’re no stranger to preserved eggs, these *beauties* posted by Twitter user @Phuong_Mai almost made us heave. So apparently, the egg on the left is a duck egg. Looks like the thousand-year-old eggs we’ve seen before. (Of course, they’re not really that old, just preserved for a few weeks or months.)

However, @Phuong_Mai tells us the one on the right is also a thousand-year-old egg, which is sold by street vendors in Vietnam and South East Asia. An aphrodisiac that’s high in nutrition, buyers chew on the little chick and spit out the bones….

Don’t you just love reading about East Asia?

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If you’d consider traveling with a nine year old (approx) then you should follow the epic adventures of MummyT and Z who write on their blog Travels with a Nine Year Old. They’re currently in Vietnam and have posted about making incense there. Look through their previous posts too – very interesting!

Making Incense, Vietnam

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Ok, we admit, we’re posting after completely missing the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War (April 30th) but it doesn’t stop you from checking out some iconic photos of this historic and tragic event, via The Big Picture.

Vietnam 35 Years later

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Here’s some nice camera work shot with a Canon 5D Mark II by Ivan Vania, who travelled through Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It reminds us of our recent travels through those countries, albeit in a calmer light.

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The BBC currently has a nice little audio slideshow about some of the lives of people who make a living on Vietnam‘s Mekong Delta.

Check it out at Life on the water

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West Lake Shrimp Cakes are a speciality in Hanoi, north Vietnam. We try some in a lakeside restaurant and think they’re a little too greasy and crunchy – since the shrimp shells are still left on!

Read more about Crunchy West Lake Shrimp Cakes on MangoVine.net

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Hanoi‘s Dong Xuan Market is a local market that stocks all kinds of low-priced goods. The stall displays are pretty intense with mountains of goods stacked together. Read more about the Dong Xuan Market on MangoVine.net.

Intense Product Displays in Hanoi’s Dong Xuan Market

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In Hanoi, north Vietnam, we experienced the famous cha ca / grilled fish lunch. Find out what its like on MangoVine.net.

Cha Ca – Grilled Fish Lunch in Hanoi

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