01 01 2009 On the sleeper bus from Hue to Hoi An.

01 01 2009 Two sexy men on the sleeper bus from Hue to Hoi An.
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

Note 1: New Year in Hue was unforgettable. In very heavy rain. We went to a high school party with some couchsurfing friends. Vietnamese people smile a lot in general, but when its new year and it's high school kids, its unbelievable. Midnight, countdown, all the little Vietnamese are jumping around, singing and smiling, some are waving sparkling sticks in the air, hot air baloons are flying away all around despite the rain, and then this girl under a red rain cover with her boyfriend looks up to me, has the biggest smile, she's litteraly trepidating with joy and she says "it's very wonderful isn't it?" It's strange to fall in love not with someone, but with a moment.Note 2: The sleeper bus, very adequate for Vietnamese people, is not so 'sleeper' for Seb who is 1m96. His sleep would have been more pleasant if he could have been amputated just below the knees.

01 01 2009 To All: Good Luck for the Happy New Year!

01 01 2009 To All: Good Luck for the Happy New Year!
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

Make 3 wishes, and be good this year. Life is 10% what you make it, 90% how you take it, someone once said. So take it easy.

01 01 2009 Last rant before new year: the attack of the mighty French on an innocent wall (zooming required)

01 01 2009 Last rant before new year: the attack of the mighty French on an innocent wall (zooming required)
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

People from which other country would sign on a wall with the name of their business schools??

30 12 2008 Spaghetti bolognasse

30 12 2008 Spaghetti bolognasse
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

It sounds funny in French, but it may be a French private joke this one.

29 12 2008 Ninh Binh, the view from the hotel window... Not.

29 12 2008 Ninh Binh, the view from the hotel window... Not.
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

26 12 2008 A couple of buffalos in Sapa

26 12 2008 A couple of buffalos in Sapa
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

'Couple' is not meant in the litteral sense here. They could have been just friends, or maybe flirting.

26 12 2008 Cuteness

26 12 2008 Cuteness
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

After the yucky wine pictures, this is well deserved break with cute children from Sapa.

25 12 2008 Pick your Vietnamese wine part 2

25 12 2008 Pick your Vietnamese wine part 2
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

Or we have mixed wine, very delicious too.

29 12 2008 Plowing the rice paddies in modern Vietnam

Too slow for water-skiing :(

25 12 2008 Pick your Vietnamese wine

25 12 2008 Pick your Vietnamese wine
Originally uploaded by Christophe Golle

We have crow wine, very delicious.