While I was walking around in an impoverished section of Kompong Cham taking pictures once again accompanied by my 7 year old guest photographer from my last visit I took the above snapshot of a little girl who was crying and kept scratching due to being covered with some kind of irritating skin rash on [...]

I took a gamble on Kampot, the pepper capital of Cambodia not knowing if this quiet town would have enough to inspire me. The results of just showing up in places which are without “much to see” have swung both ways in the past. The riverside was relaxing and the views were very nice, I have not [...]

The only reason I returned to Phnom Penh was to get a visa for Laos. For some reason the capital never appealed to me photographically but I decided to walk around while waiting for my passport and look around again without any pressure to take incredible photos. I was glad to find a monk’s umbrella for its [...]

Takeo is not a must see town, life moves at a snail’s pace and it is mildly recommended by the popular guidebook as a daytrip destination. So I was eager to stop by expecting close to zero tourists and to witness authentic, simple Cambodian rural life. The kids on the above picture are racing snails. I felt [...]

I can always depend on Chau Doc for kids and travel photography so this is the 3rd time I stopped by on my way to the Cambodian border. My days spent here have been memorable every time mostly because of the Cham people who live by the riverside across town; they provided me with the warmest [...]

I have already spent one day in Can Tho before, the highly touristy and biggest town of the Mekong Delta. I stopped by again mostly because it was on my way from Tra Vinh to Chau Doc and the Cambodian border. Last time I was in Can Tho I only did a Mekong River boat tour [...]

Tra Vinh is a tucked away town in the Mekong Delta casually mentioned but not even listed as an off the beaten track stop by the popular travel guide. I was looking forward to visiting this secluded area which is too far from Saigon for the hordes of daytripping package tourists to reach. The area of Tra [...]

Six stopovers in six days covering approximately 1000 miles in bouncing honking buses simply means I was not captivated by Central Vietnam photographically speaking. Some might find this extreme but I cannot fake inspiration. It was an unique journey nevertheless only no photos came of it. One of the best aspects of this 6 town bus journey [...]

This funny warning sign displayed in the garden of the Bich Dong pagoda outside Ninh Binh is the most appropriate photo I can use to illustrate a post about tourists not showing respect to the image of Buddha. Wearing a suit and tie in 100 degree heat hopefully is only symbolic but it makes an important [...]

After spending 12 days in the Northwestern mountains photographing the Hmong minorities and the fantastic scenery in Bac Ha I did another stopover in Hanoi before heading South. No photos again from Hanoi because the novelty of the town ended after my first visit; so it seems like I need to continue traveling to find fresh [...]

While visiting the stunning mountainous region of Northwest Vietnam I had a chance to take a break from searching for Vietnam’s Next Top Model and photograph some naturally beautiful, talented both hesitant and some quite willing locals like the buffalo above. The pose is bold but not vulgar, notice how the curves of the model are [...]

The reason I backtracked and returned to Hanoi from the perfect destination of Ninh Binh instead of continuing to head South as planned was to meet a model from MySpace to discuss possibilities of doing photoshoots together in response to my recent post of looking for Vietnam’s Next Top Model. But there aren’t any photos from [...]