Sharon and I have recently returned from a 3 week adventure in North Vietnam. Vietnam is a crazy place. The culture is radically different to that of the west and our visit through Vietnam was met with a mixture of amazement, fascination and frustration.

The primary reason for our visit to Vietnam was for a holiday – to experience a different culture and to feed our adventurous side. The last 18 months have been pretty tough for us, with a sick family member necessitating numerous long and stressful trips half way across the globe. Vietnam was an opportunity for us to go away and have a little fun.

Both Sharon and myself are a little mad when it comes to photography – so a trip to Vietnam would not have been complete without taking along the camera and taking a few photos. Well, one camera wasn’t enough, so we took 3 – and we didn’t hold back –  6,500 pictures and video, 180GB of hard drive space later we are now back in Christchurch – with one hell of an editing job ahead of us.

The picture above was taken by Sharon Blance, while we were walking through a small village somewhere in the north western loop of Vietnam. We were befriended by 3 little boys, and one boy in particular led us down the street and pointed excitedly and made binoculars signs with his hands in front of his face to excitedly indicate what he wanted me to take pictures of. They would then all gather around to review the image and then giggle hilariously before setting off to find the next target. Sharon captured this great moment while they were all peering over my shoulder to look at the images on the back of the camera.

I will be posting more information and images over the coming weeks about our trip, but for now there is lots of editing to be done!