Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon can be very photogenic at night. Everything is illuminated with a candy-colored neon glow or half-lit by darkness. The Vietnamese don’t mind… it’s all good. It’s like mood lighting.
Most of this is shot in and near the Dhong Khoi area, without a tripod and completely on the fly.
Outdoor food vendors set up plastic tables and chairs for customers.
Street cafes come out at night, making for a popular social scene for Vietnamese.
Vietnamese love engaging in the spectator sport of people watching.
Street-side seating where you get a front row view of traffic passing by.
Even in some indoor cafes and bars, you’ll see furniture seating openly faced to the streets
so that you can watch the passing show.
The park is also a popular hangout during evenings. People park their bikes and just hang out.
You take terrific night photos, Christine! I’m jealous.
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Christine Ka'aloa Reply:
August 29th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
@Gray: Thanks- It was with my Samsung ST! (just joking)
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I loooved Saigon at night. The city is already so energetic during the day and that definitely carries over into nighttime. I always enjoyed the point of the day where the street food stands were set up and they arranged little plastic stools around them.
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Christine Ka'aloa Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:04 am
@Ekua: I’m really glad you said that. I don’t hear many people mentioning them. Also, many people I’ve met seem to prefer Hanoi over HCMC/Saigon, which I find interesting. Saigon definitely has an intense (yet mellow, compared to Hanoi) vibe around it that I quite liked. Of the two, i’d say Saigon was my favorite and the night lights seemed so much more sexy!
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