DAILY PHOTO: Sân Bóng Sóc Hà

PROMPT: Live Anywhere

Daily writing prompt
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Someplace inexpensive, with beaches and hikeable hilly / mountainous terrain within a reasonable distance, and where beer prices are not disproportionately high vis-a-vis the general cost of living. FYI — I call the latter the “stick-up-the-bum” index because if beer prices are relatively high, it usually means they are heavily sin-taxed (it’s not an expensive product to make,) and so disproportionately high beer prices suggest the society is trying to micromanage personal behavior. I may or may not want a beer (I’ll want one,) but I prefer to live in a society with a live-and-let-live mentality. Candidates exist in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Central Asia / Caucus region.

DAILY PHOTO: More Scenes from Muong Hoa Valley

Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam.
Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam. rice terraces.
Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam. clouds.

DAILY PHOTO: Calisthenics Park, Hanoi

DAILY PHOTO: Bridge to Thống Nhất Isle

Bridge in Thống Nhất Park to an islet in the lake. Hanoi, Vietnam.
On the bridge to Thống Nhất Isle. Hanoi, Vietnam.
Flowers in the flowerbeds of the bridge to Thống Nhất Island in the Thống Nhất Park.
A bridge in Thống Nhất Park to an islet in the lake. Located in Hanoi, Vietnam.

DAILY PHOTO: Limestone Mountains

DAILY PHOTO: A Shrine in Nà Giàng

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A shrine on the road to the Pác Bó Loop, in the Nà Giàng area -- Northwest of Cao Bang city.

Doghead Cloud [Haiku]

Taken on the road between Cao Bang and the Pác Bó loop in Northern Vietnam.
doghead cloud
pops up over the hill;
as bike speeds along.

DAILY PHOTO: Love Waterfall, Vietnam

Closeup of Love Waterfall
Portrait orientation photo of Love Waterfall.
The sign at Love Waterfall, near Sa Pa in Northern Vietnam.

DAILY PHOTO: Murals Around West Lake [Hồ Tây], Hanoi

A lotus blossom themed mural on a building on the east side of West Lake (Hồ Tây) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
A cherry blossom mural on a wall near Hồ Tây (West Lake) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
A mural of a calligrapher on a wall near the southeastern tip of West Lake (Hồ Tây) in Hanoi, Vietnam.