So happy to read about you!!!!! Dear friend: I am so happy to see that you are writting again.And I am happy for your sister new life.
Love from Argentina. Now I am in Morocco!!!!!
Wonderful puppets, cold puppeteers. Hi, I am a puppeteer based in the U.K. The article is very interesting and this is the first time I have come across Vietnamese water puppets. It is very exciting to come across new artforms but I guess there must be 100s of types of puppets that I have not heard about and there are so many variations. I imagine it is not one of the most comfortable puppet art forms in the world though(for the puppeteer that is). I liked what you said about the engineer who thought they were powered by computer. We did a shadow puppet show inside a booth one time and in one scene we had two people operating 4 puppets, then in another scene we had still duplicates of the puppets on the screen while we were both outside the booth, some people in the audience were fooled into thinking we had more puppeteers inside the booth. It is amazing how low-tech. solutions can still be magical for people. I will put a link to your blog on mine and if you like, you can put some comments about water puppets on my blog, as I'm sure lots of people would be fascinated to find out about them.
Love it, dream it It is unable to compare, love it, I can only feel the love of it I can not put it into words. I am so proud of it. Keep on the good job
Chao
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Welcome back...like reading your blog. The Chinese here ushered the "Rabbit". Just wonder the 12 zodiac animals circle in Vietnam.
Anyway, all the very best for 2011.
Chuc mung nam moi! Thanks for another intertesting blog and great photos. It is interesting that in Vietnam it is the year of the cat, but in China, Signapore, etc it is the year of the rabbit. When I visited Cabramatta just before Tet (this is the home fo Sydney's largest VN community) I only found trinkets and gifts for the rabbit and not the cat.
Hi Hong Ha,
Happy Tet :)
Thank you for the absolutely beautiful write up. The lantern festival looks beautiful & great to walk on a cool night :). Definately a great reason for me to visit Hoi An one day... Hue also another place with old buildings which I plan to visit.
The weather in Kuala Lumpur has been very wet before chinese new year with some towns flooded on the eve of chinese new year. People unable to celebrate chinese new year as they stayed in school while waiting for weather to clear. After getting home, they have to clean up the houses which were full of mud.
Take care,
Leah
Hoi An I have some of the best memories of Hoi An, a lovely enchanting city. And I also have a picture of that famous bridge. Love from Argentina. Graciela.
I'm from Kon Tum. Just google and find your entry. Thanks for your feelings about our city. Once day, coming back again, you'll be surprise with its drastic change.
wonderfull i really have a great appreciate with a vietnam girls whom were wear their traditional outfit.really look so beautifull.i live in South Korea and sometimes i saw her on subway or other place.and it make me"hmm i hope someday have a time to go to vietnam ^^"
and i'm Indonesian..
Great Pics. Hello Hanoi_Girl:
Wow, that a very nice collection of pics. I am from Bhaktapur myself and now live in North America. Enjoying your pics... Well done..
Hi, nice blog, just to add a little bit is that Ramadan rotates around the year as Islamic calendar us according to lunar cycle. Therefore it will not stick to only in aug-sep, depending on when you are planning to travel always check!!
It can be a bit inconvenient for foreigners to find food during this month as eating outside in public view is regarded highly immoral during this month!!
Anyway, thanks again for sharing your fabulous experiences in Dhaka
Cheerio
nature_Boy
Beautiful pictures. Great memoir. I became familiar with the place almost like I've been already been there.
P.S.
Sent you an email, but it's returned. Changed address perhaps?
yet another very interesting blog entry. Thanks for sharing this with us all, the photos are wonderful and the story very well written, we enjoyed it a lot.
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I feel like I attended the same wedding. Of course, I have not been to one Vietnamese wedding. Thank you. You have a lovely family!