I really enjoy the Saigon series you've been posting.... Please continue...
It's funny.... With me, I like seeing the old names.... Nostalgic? Romantic? I don't know?
Saigon vs Ho Chi Minh City
Bombay vs Mumbai
Burma vs Myanmar
What is the name of the city
Thank you Kirsty and Metalman884. Some days I go out and get lucky. Most days I don't. I live near two huge social housing complexes which is where I always go. Each day I take photos I get them printed up and give them to the people the next day, if I think I can find them, which I usually can. The people on the river bank I have no chance of finding again, but the kids will be easy and the people in the shop I have already given them photos before. I gave a man a photo today to give to his friend. When I rode past on the scooter 5 minutes later he was still looking at the photo and smiling. Even if sometimes people are a bit annoyed the first time, when i go back with the photos it always puts a smile on their face.
Tourists call it HCMC and on official documents that is how it is referred to, but a lot of Vietnamese call it Saigon. The river is called Saigon and even the beer is called Saigon. The residents are called Saigonese. Only once has a Vietnamese person corrected me. Even my wife, who is from the North, slips up and calls it Saigon regularly
When I go back I will miss being able to go out and and just take candids without any thought. But, I will be back to taking photos at the outdoor, not so legal, party scene in the forests in London
My son went to his first one when he was only 2! But no more warehouse parties
I can't take a 4 year old to a warehouse party.
DSC03129Roy 1st party drum by
william Heron, on Flickr
DSCF4907B&W by william Heron, on Flickr
DSCF4847B&W3 by william Heron, on Flickr
DSCF4896B&W
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