Dispatches From Vietnam

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29.04.2016

Railway track running through a narrow street of houses and parked scooters, someone in a conical hat crouched beside it

I'm the Oi Polloi new guy and despite only being in the job since February I spent two weeks of my probation period traipsing round Vietnam. Highlights include visiting the War Remnants Museum and motorbiking Hai Van Pass. Most time was spent dodging scooters and wondering if I would still have a job when I got back to Manchester but I also had some time for photographs.

People on low red plastic stools on a tiled pavement under trees, as someone walks past carrying a stack of stools Someone in glasses and a green bucket hat sat under a blue tarpaulin canopy hung with bags, plastic flowers and a towel Someone in camouflage sat on a plastic chair behind a parked Honda motorbike, with a helmet in its front basket Dense traffic of helmeted riders on scooters and motorbikes packed together on a city road, a blue and white Yamaha in front Market fish stall laid with whole fish and cut steaks on plates, a stallholder at work behind among others in conical hats Someone in a conical hat with a shoulder pole and basket, as scooters come down a busy street of shops in low sun A rider in a blue striped polo and helmet crossing a bridge on a motorbike loaded with huge woven bags, palm trees beyond Field of tall green grass under a big sky of white and grey clouds, with a strip of red earth and palm trees on the horizon Market traders in conical hats sat among long green gourds, bundles of herbs, spring onions and a basket of limes Someone seen from behind in a netted green pith helmet, striped tee and stars and stripes shorts, walking past a parked cyclo Statue on a plinth inscribed V.I. Lê-nin overlooking a square where acrobats in black practise a handstand balance Two motorbikes on a mountain road curving along a steep forested hillside, with mist rolling over the trees Someone cycling along a raised road between flat green fields in a golden haze, beneath telegraph wires Someone in a conical hat sat on the back of a water buffalo in a bright green rice field, palm trees behind Someone in a conical hat punting a narrow wooden boat along a green river, another sat at the back, palm fronds behind Close-up of a grey stone pagoda tier with curled eaves, carved finials and a round red emblem, framed by leaves Long reception room with rows of yellow armchairs and low wooden tables either side of a red and cream patterned carpet Someone from behind, hands on hips, in a print dress and patterned backpack, facing a weathered wall of peeling plaster Ornate hall covered in mosaic and ceramic inlay, a painted dragon on the ceiling above a gilded seated statue Red wood-panelled room with vintage communications kit on a desk between grey filing cabinets, on a patterned tiled floor Limestone karst islands covered in trees rising from a calm, misty bay, with a bird of prey flying past in the foreground Rocky stream lined with thatched shelters and blue tarps, a big stone elephant on one bank, misty forested hills behind People riding in the back of a red and silver truck on a country road, one stood in a blue check shirt and bucket hat Golden field of ripe rice under a blue sky with white clouds, a line of palm trees and low houses on the horizon

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