Paula has given us some terrific words in her Pick-a-Word challenge this week, words that will take us on a speedy trip around Vietnam. This is a country of immense physical beauty, welcoming people, tempting food and wine and an intriguing and often poignant history.
Dawning – Halong Bay, Vietnam, September 2017
Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk
Buddhism and Catholicism coalesce at Phát Diệm Cathedral, Ninh Banh Province, Vietnam, September 2017
Verdant rice paddies in northern Vietnam, September 2017
Sempiternal beauty – sunset in northern Vietnam, September 2017
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 April 2018
Travel with Intent 
Wow, these photos are so beautiful! I am going to Vietnam in a couple of months, and I got even more eager watching these photos!
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Any questions, feel free to ask – I’ll answer if I can. I loved the place and will happily return when I get a chance
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This post has wowed me: to find this example for “coalesce” is pretty amazing, your “dawning” is a beauty and your verdant fields truly gorgeous. Well done, Debbie!
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Thanks Paula. The relationship between Catholicism and Buddhism has had its peaks and troughs and it was great to see them united here.
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LOVE this post – artsy and varied and the coffee condensed take is my fav – not just I like coffee – the table – the streaks – the melted cubes – the mood – the layers the leftover feeling – such a moody picture makes me want to write
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I don’t normally like sweet drinks but I love date Vietnamese coffee. You can probably detect my love of it in the photo
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Wow beautiful pictures. They fit to the words so well.
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Masterfully done, Debs. Paula will be impressed. 🙂 🙂 I didn’t expect to find condensed milk here, though it was part of my staple diet when I was a child. Dawning, verdant and sempiternal are stunning.
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Thanks Jo Evaporated milk was my staple diet! I was bottle fed with that as the doctor told my mum it was better than breast-feeding! I can see that it was a common back in 50s and 60s. And evaporated milk, banana and sugar was a common treat when i was young.
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Sounds familiar 🙂
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I follow a few blogs that use this challenge. It’s quite amazing the different images you folks use to illustrate the challenge words.
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AHHHmazing! How could they be that good?
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Every photo is so beautiful! I would love to visit rice fields like those…
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Just wow. Nuff said.
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