Thursday, January 19, 2006

Shopping for a Tet Tree...

Usally weeks before the Tet Holiday in Vietnam, people would go out to the countryside to search for their (as westerners call it -> Christmas Trees) beloved spiritual orange trees. My friends and I decided to travel outside of Hanoi by motorbikes like Harry and Lloyd in Dumb & Dumber and determine if we should bring one back for our houses. The trees came in different shapes and sizes but I will let the pictures tell the story...
Orange Tree "farms"...

Close of up the fruit (not for eating)...

How everyone transport them from the farms to their houses...

Close up of Moon gasping for air after meeting the biggest tree of her life...

Scotty decides to play squirrel time in the trees. Anyone got a nutz?

Photographer Thu prepares for her dangerous assignement...

Diep smiles for the passionate traveler...

Scotty make a good bargain with the tree seller. We are now best friends...