Category: photography

Oxford is a lovely city. Filled with Gothic towers and noble schools. I went to Oxford on a Sunday afternoon to take photos because I wanted to visit the colleges in the late sunlight, which in July means around 7 PM. I forgot that all the colleges close to visitors at 5 or 6. So I ended up with few photos or anything. C’est la vie. It was still fun to walk around the city. To Blackwell’s miles of books, traditional ales at The Turf Tavern and of course the great only-appearing-in-the-evening Donner Kebab Vans! They even serve Veggy burgers!

You can see the rest of the Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com].

London! What can I say… I lived there once, would love to live there again if I could afford it—and find a job! When I lived there I took a lot of photos, alas that was before the digital photo revolution (at least before my personal digital photo revolution.) I did visit once before on a business trip and took a few photos [confusion.cc]. This time once again I was on a business trip. Staying in Stains I only had occasion to visit central London on one day. I took a long walk from Waterloo Station cross the Themes to Parliament Square, up to Trafalgar, down the Strand and Fleet Street. To St. Paul’s and across the Millenium Bridge to the Tate Modern. Along Thames walk past London Bridge. To Tower Bridge, across Tower Bridge beside the Tower. Past the Monument and back to St. Paul’s. Along the Victoria Embankment back to the foot of Big Ben , across the Thames again, past the London Eye and back to Waterloo. And with my feet hurting and both camera batteries dead back aboard the train to Stains.

The Photos are not great but they are what they are. You can see the rest of the London, United Kingdom, July 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com]. Enjoy.

I’ve been to Ho Chi Minh City before [confusion.cc] but didn’t get good many good photos. This time I was on a business trip and had less than 6 hours to wander around and take photos. However, I think I have better shots this time. Funny.

Since I only had a few hours of free time when it was not raining and since my hotel was right downtown by the opera house I could walk to the central market and to the Saigon River ferry terminal. Most of the shots were taken on those walks—and in the central market. The remaining shots were taken in and around the Chinatown Market across town. I did not visit Chinatown on my previous trip so I took a cab there and back this time. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to find any of the many temples and such near Chinatown. Oh well next time.

I also managed to find the same Bia Hoi place that Candice and I drank at on the last trip. I took the guys I was working with there for an ‘authentic Vietnamese experience’ and again it did not disappoint. At least this time I was not the only white guy there—all three of the people I was with were in the same boat.

Anyway. Even though I did not take a lot of photos I am quite happy with the quality of the ones I did take. Next time though I hope I get to go to Hanoi. HCMC is interesting but I’d rather spent my time exploring new places than revisiting the old… at least for now.

You can see the rest of the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, June 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com].