Ão DÃ i Pictures, Making your Monday Morning brighter
Anyone who has been to Vietnam or had any contact with the Vietnamese probably becomes a fan of Ao Dai (pronounced Ao Zai in the North and Ao Yai in the South) - The traditional attire. There is nothing that made my Vietnamese morning brighter than sipping the cafe sua da (Vietnamese iced coffee drink) by the roadside and watching the girls in Ao Dai glide past. (Wikipedia page on Ao Dai)
My photos don’t do justice to this wonderful attire as you can see this one blurry attempt of mine in deep south of Vietnam. Diem Thuyen has a whole Flickr set of Ao Dai pictures and pencil drawings. Diem Thuyen (who is also the model for most of the pictures) has released the pictures under creative commons license. That means I can post her picture on my blog (with attribution). I love people who put a CC license on their Flicr pics. They can redeem a free beer (or drink of their choice) anytime they visit me.
From Diem Thuyen’s Flickr Photostream.
Meanwhile “technically” I am able to speak basic Vietnamese, must try Burmese next.
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May 8th, 2007 at 2:04 am
[...] 4. Betterdays: Another fellow ‘editor’ at tomorrow.sg, and an avid traveller and writer of vivid travel tales. OK, so his recent short post about the Ao Dai sold me: My photos don’t do justice to this wonderful attire as you can see this one blurry attempt of mine in deep south of Vietnam [...]
October 19th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
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