People & Culture

Sa Mu Kyat

Her Name is Sa Mu Kyat and she has 87 years old and belongs to the Kayan etnic tribe. She was so funny...after a long conversation translated by a hired guide in a near town i nicely asked if she could position next to the small kitchen window to take some pictures as there are no electricity. After taking some i showed her the result, and just as i wanted, with exposure control i could darken the background and part of her face...well she hated it! She said "you must take me pictures with my face perfectly illuminated, so she didn´t rest until i did it..:) I miss these remote villages as well these amazing long neck woman.

Chopsticks

I came across this lovely old lady in a fishing village on the outskirts of Hoi An. Although i has not been able to communicate fluently with her, her family members said she is over 100 years old. Incredible as with some effort, it still manages to make its day to day "normally". Maybe we'll have to start looking for the elixir of youth in these remote places, which seem to keep well-kept secrets.

Smoking Thoughts

Three Man and a Star

Mirada

One of the best examples of the famous expression "a look is worth a thousand words", and this certainly has many to tell.

Player

Wondering around Bao Vinh neighborhood, i found this group of lovely old ladies playing cards in a small inddor duck.

Old Candle

During the Hoi Han Lamp festival, for 2 hours they turn off the city lights, leaving only thousands of points of light of the floating candles in the river, and small lit faces of the candle vendors. This is a saleswoman who among dozens try to make money from selling candles to tourists.