More flowers. A lot more flowers.

Just skip this post if you don't like flowers, but I know at least some of you do.


























I don't know whether these are technically flowers or some strange sort of leaf, but close enough.

Last day in Hue

A little figurine in the shrine on the roof-patio of our hotel.

Another little figurine.

A puppy at Phuong Nam (home of the best fruit shakes in Hue) with whom Don was playing. To see more puppies, see http://dogsofhue.blogspot.com/. (Note: Not my pictures.)

Birthday!

On my 19th birthday (2 April) the staff at the hotel got me flowers and a cake (and a pushcart ride to the elevator). One of the advantages of being forced to surrender your passport, I suppose.

Frosting flowers on the cake.

The candles.

The whole cake.

The flowers.

Yes, as you might have noticed, I like photographing flowers

Not sure what kind of flower this is, but there are a lot of them here. Anyone know?
UPDATE: It is a Plumeria (common name Frangipani) flower. Thanks, Dana!


Not sure what this is, either, and again, there are a lot.


This I know. Water lily.


Lotus.


Two more water lilies. (Yes, I realize this is about the fourth picture of this type of water lily I've posted.)

Riverscapes

Rabbits of Thien Mu Pagoda

Color!

Mealtime critters

Jesus, a Star of David, and dragons... only in Vietnam

Yes, that is a 20-foot Kalashnikov

Soccer

Cyclocart fun

Coffee by the riverside

A bud in the hand...

Thunderstorm Fun

It took me 72 pictures of exactly the same thing to get one with a lightning bolt this bright.

There was an elephant. It looked nervous, hence my distance.

(Both of these photos appeared previously at goingtohue.blogspot.com.)

More flora/fauna

Koi in a pond in the Imperial City.

A flower in the same pond as the koi. It looks like a hybrid water lily, although it might be a pure tropical one.

My mom photographing a flower.

A spider in a cool watchtower-like thing in the Imperial City.

The flag of Vietnam