Life in the slow lane (POTW #11)
I spent a lot of the New Year weekend wandering around in District 3 in Saigon. In between the busy main roads that stretch across the centre of the city, joining one district to another, there’s a network of increasingly narrow sidestreets, backstreets, alleys, lanes and… what’s narrower than a lane? I promised myself I wasn’t going to use the word “labyrinth” in this post, but it’s a real labyrinth. Houses and shops open directly onto the street, and food markets squeeze themselves into any available space.
Away from the chaotic main roads, people were busy with their shopping and cooking, but no one was rushing. It was starting to get dark and I was thinking of going home when I took a right down this alley and saw the lady in brown leaning on her fence and chatting to her friends across the way (just out of shot). Two curious boys stopped playing football for a moment to watch the tall, clumsy foreigner take pictures of their slightly bemused neighbour.
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8 Responses to “Life in the slow lane (POTW #11)”
Great capture! Wonderful photograph with pure emotions.
What a great smile she has…and the children in the background are in the perfect spot
Beautiful shot – I love all the colours and your description makes me desperate to go back to Saigon!!
I absolutely love your blog. I moved to Asia more than 2 years ago and there are so many photo opportunities here. I love how you capture colours and perspectives and especially the story of people in the photos. It was a brave but brilliant decision for you to move, I am glad you did it as it resulted in this brilliantly inspiring blog!
It’s a great picture. The colors really stand out and ‘pop’ as well. Good post.
Lovely story and capture.
“Away from the chaotic main roads, people were busy with their shopping and cooking, but no one was rushing.”
This is the theme to me – and so refreshing to see it live with your lens.
Sincerely
Todd
Thank you!