The knights of the road.

Hanoi has famously mental traffic, operating on a more intuitive flow [chi?] principle more than the western concept of stop and go. Still it's fucking terrifying, even when you understand that the key is simply to "go with the flow".

Because people spend a lot of their life on two wheels in Hanoi, it is one of those places where you feel the city on the move - their mass transit system being a never-stopping river of scooters.



Also the gear people wear on their bikes is subject as much to fashion as practicality.



I was also struck by how much the folk on their scooters and step-throughs looked like medieval knights as they fought their way through the other riders on their mounts.

God's Fireworks.

From Sea of Ice and Fire.

When sitting at this desk my back is to the sun as it sets. I try to leave the door open as much I can, so I can hear and feel the outside, even whilst working. This afternoon, I had the sense I should go down to the sea and this is what I was rewarded by.

It took a while to get it. Sunsets are such a photographic cliche, usually the best thing to do, is sit down and enjoy them.

Could I?

Obviously not. When the option of having such exciting and vivid colours to play with was there.

Plus I had to let the freezing sea water wash around me up to the knees to get the reflective picture I wanted.

I had to give to get what I got and right or wrongerly I like the pictures better because they weren't easy.