Vietnam 2000

Waitress, Hoi-An.

Vietnamese are more westernised than their Lao counterparts and generaly carry themselves with confidence.

Ink & watercolour on handmade paper 19/27 cm
by Simon Bird £150

picture of me by local cafe owner.

Noodle girl, Hanoi.

Cooking up my second helping of noodles in chicken stock with lumps of jellied water buffalo blood.

Ink & watercolour on handmade paper 19/27 cm
by Simon Bird - sold

Hmong cafe, Ba-ca, North Vietnam.

Flower Hmong hilltribe people.

Ink & watercolour on handmade paper 33/22 cm
by Simon Bird - sold

War veteran, near Hua.

Very proud of his scars and proud of beating the USA, in what the Vietnamese call - the American War.

Ink & watercolour on handmade paper 20/27 cm
by Simon Bird £150

Mr Ho Chi Minh, Mausoleum, Hanoi.

He looked very well indeed, but then he had just returned from a 4 month make over in Moscow. I was disappointed there was no chance of a cup of tea with the old chap. I suppose I have to take into account he was confined to a glass cabernet.

Ink on handmade paper 15/10 cm
by Simon Bird £100