On sorry excuses for boats, they bump shipping vessels hoping to get a few coins in their makeshift catchers.
They come from everywhere, these displaced – the toothless grannies, kids barely a decade old, and mothers who rock their babies awake in order to get out a helpless cry.
Before leaving the ship, I hear one of their seniors say, “Sige’g piktyur-piktyur, dili man sad manghatag.” I winced.
what distance tells us 
Can you translate your quote for me? This picture and your brief story is harrowing but so interesting
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Hi Sketchpacker. She said “You just keep on taking pictures, but you never give.”
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Wow, thank you. Gosh that makes you think a lot doesn’t it?
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It does. I’m sure you also have your own instances of introspection in Vietnam? 🙂
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I do, so often. I by no means blend in here but I try to, and it’s just great to watch people. THe way different people from different circumstances interact will never cease to fascinate me – worlds collide in Saigon, and the idea of taking photos but never giving is big here too. I guess many tourists just don’t think of taking photos as taking, so they don’t feel the need to give
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I’ve been writing for 37 years and have always published in print. My son and wife dragged me kicking and screaming into e-publishing, and thank God they did. I’ve been looking for a magazine such as Publishing Talk to figure out how to market my first novel, “Pageant of Sae.#vsa&g8221; Thank you so much for showing me into the future.
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