Vietnam | Gerald Volgenau

• Vietnam's Halong Bay

  photography. Halong Bay, as seen from the shore.

• Fishing beneath the limestone towers of Vietnam's stunning Halong Bay

  photography. Scouting for fish beneath the limestone towers of Halong Bay

• Two in a boat near the village of Hoi An, Vietnam

  photography. Fishing near Hoi An, Vietnam

• Rainy day in Saigon

  photography. Saigon traffic in the rain.

• Lighting joss sticks in a Saigon temple

  photography. Lighting the joss sticks at a Vietnam temple.

• A soggy bike ride in Hue, Vietnam

  photography. A bike ride in the rain, passing the Thien Mu pagoda in Hue

• Another use for a soldier's helmet in Hoi An, Vietnam

  photography. As her child watches, a mother in Hoi An, Vietnam bails out her canoe with an army helmet left over from the American War.

• I brought dinner.

  photography. Well, come a little closer. After a visit to the market on Cat Ba Island, a man wades our to catch his ride back to the floating village.

• A farmer's work is never done.

  photography. Wet and muddy. Getting the plowing done the old fashioned way in Vietnam.

• Afternoon prayers

  photography. Priests kneel for noon prayers at the Cao Tai Temple near Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

• Cleaning up

  photography. Woman cleaning her market basket by the river in Hoi An, on Vietnam's central coast.

• Circles of life

  photography. Circles, circles and circles. At a Saigon market, a woman loads her baskets to take home.

• Washing up

  photography. Washing up. The ladies gather to do a bit of cleaning by the river in Hoi Ann, a charming village on Vietnam's central coast.

• Carrying on with the family business

  Boating starts early on the floating village off Cat Ba Island in Ha Long Bay. The village is comprised of 1,000 people and 700 boats.

• Morning goslsip

  photography. Ladies stop for a bit of gossip in the morning on Cat Ba Island in Ha Long Bay.

• Let's chat

  photography. Coffee Klatch? In inland Vietnam, people get around on bikes and scooters. But on just off Cat Ba Island in Ha Long Bay, life is all about boats.

• Scanning for landmines

  photography. The Vietnamese want to widen Highway 1. But first, they must check for landmines. This young landmine hunter seems to have paid a price, losing the fingers on one hand.

• boy boatsman

  photography. Boy in a dugout. He has been poling through the canals of Dragon Island in the Mekong River near the town of Mytho.

• Shoes on, shoes off.

  photography. Boys hanging out Vietnam style on Cat Ba Island, in Ha Long Bay.

• Going where the fish are

  photography. Fishers in their dugout off Hoi An, on Vietnam's central coast.

• Twilight settles over the floating village

  photography. A floating village off Cat Ba Island in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay. The village is comprised of 1,000 people and 700 boats.

• Weekday traffic in the rain

  photography. Monsoon season does not stop the cyclists in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon.

• Monitor and meditator

  photography. Meditation as a grumpy monitor looks on at the Caodai Temple near Ho Chi Minh City. The Coda combines the teaching of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Catholicism.

• Circles and more circles

  photography. Circles and circles, a lady's baskets of goodies in Ho An's market

• Resting on her pole

  photography. Lady resting in her dugout at Hoi An on the central coast of Vietnam.

• Lone priest meditates.

  photography. Lone priest in the Caodia Temple near Ho Chi Minh City.

• Lady vendors among the vegetables

  photography. Lady vendors get a laugh in the open market in Ho Chi Minh City, still called Saigon by the locals.

• Here, the fishing boats have eyes.

  photography. Like all fishers, the Vietnamese fisherfolk in Hoi An are always looking for the next catch. But they have help. Their boats have eyes.

• Can I hitch a ride?

  photography. Greeting the incoming fisherman on Halong Bay, Vietnam.

• Out to sea

  photography. Fisherman on Halong Bay, Vietnam

• Fishing among the limestone towers

  photography. A boatman is just a speck beside the monoliths in Halong By in Vietnam.