So my brother got married in Vietnam on Friday morning, in traditional Vietnamese fashion. This included bringing ceremonial baskets to the bride's house and presenting them to the family's alter as an offering to the ancestors. Then the bride and her family go back to the groom's house to welcome her to her new home. After we did all that we walked to a nearby restaurant for lunch and beers. My friends from Ha Long Bay, Adam and Ethan, were able to join and Ethan even helped my brother as one of the groomsmen who carried a basket to the bride's house!
Here are a few pics from the ceremony:
My parents are tending to the baskets before handing them to the groomsmen
The groomsmen are waiting to deliver the ceremonial baskets to the bride's house
The outside of my brother's house, decorated
The bride's family alter, where the baskets are brought as an offering. The wedding ceremony took place in front of this alter
Each family's representatives (both fathers) praying to the ancestors
First appearance of the bride!!
Putting earrings on (a gift from the groom's family) the bride
Duyen's grandmother giving her more gifts
The next day was the wedding reception...These are a few pics I snapped while my mom and I got ready at Duyen's parents house with the ladies.
Duyen's nephews sleeping in the room we were getting ready in
Another family member, watching as Duyen gets her hair done for the party
Hadn't eaten since brunch...we were starving!
The dress!
Close-up of the embellishment
My mom got her makeup done...plus fake eyelashes!
The hair!
The arrival of the bride at the restaurant! She's still holding the sandwiches that we weren't able to have time to eat before the party :(
Duyen's mom pinning the boutonniere on her husband's lapel
The newly married couple!
Congrats D(squared) :) So happy for you bro!
Tomorrow my parents and I depart for Hong Kong...that's the end of Vietnam for us :( It's been massively, amazingly awesome and I'm really sad to be leaving, but I have made some excellent friends on the road, and in Duyen and her super welcoming family. Been a major blast.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Cambodia thru pictures
Siem Reap Airport...so pretty!
Tuk-tuks from the airport to our hotel
First Cambodian meal upon arrival
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At our hotel waiting to head out for sunset tour
We've arrived!
This is how dark it was when we arrived for sunrise
Thought this looked kinda those paintings by Monet in his later years
Sunrise over Angkor Wat
The Temple where Tombraider was shot had some pretty crazy trees growing around the structures
Ta Keo Temple
The following are taken at Bayon, in the Angkor Thom complex. Bayon has the very iconic faces on the temple towers:
Then we went back to Angkor Wat:
That's all from Cambodia...Sorry for the lag; lots of wedding stuff going on here! My brother got married yesterday!!! :) My friends Adam and Ethan (we met them DWSing in Ha Long Bay) were able to join in the ceremony and lunch, which was awesome. Wedding reception tonight so more to come.
Tuk-tuks from the airport to our hotel
First Cambodian meal upon arrival
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At our hotel waiting to head out for sunset tour
We've arrived!
This is how dark it was when we arrived for sunrise
Thought this looked kinda those paintings by Monet in his later years
Sunrise over Angkor Wat
The Temple where Tombraider was shot had some pretty crazy trees growing around the structures
Ta Keo Temple
The following are taken at Bayon, in the Angkor Thom complex. Bayon has the very iconic faces on the temple towers:
Then we went back to Angkor Wat:
That's all from Cambodia...Sorry for the lag; lots of wedding stuff going on here! My brother got married yesterday!!! :) My friends Adam and Ethan (we met them DWSing in Ha Long Bay) were able to join in the ceremony and lunch, which was awesome. Wedding reception tonight so more to come.
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