I headed down to the Saigon Zoo last night to check out this lantern festival they have going at night (duh). Supposedly about 40 artists worked on the lanterns that are on display during January, depicting famous sights from around the world. It's only 35 000 vnd if you're in town and well worth a visit. Here are some of the pics I took.
Due to vast photographic talent and experience garnered through numerous shoots around the world for Discovery, NatGeo and the like, I have managed, in one stroke of Pulitzer Prize-winning genius, to capture the Sphinx, a Giza Pyramid, a herd of camels and the Eiffel Tower all in one photo
The Leaning Tower in Italy - this one at the Saigon Zoo plays a Dean Martin rendition of Mambo Italiano
The Taj Mahal
I'm not exactly sure what this is, I think it may be a Japanese water pagonda, if such a thing exists
The Easter Island figures got themselves mixed up in a spot of trouble, due to calling the minotaur's mother Zeus' biatch (and the fact that they can't actually run away or even move)
Elephants grazing in front of an Angkor Wat temple
Kong Kong: "Shiat, this ain't NY - I can see the Eiffel Tower from here!"
Pandas shagging in front of some Chinese monument on the Great Wall
Halong Bay looks more like a set from Pirates of the Zoo III
This is the Chichen Itza Mayan Temple in Mexico (note the illegal immigrants milling around)
