Gunnar Svensson, Ransby, Sweden has traveled
8000 km throughout Viet Nam during
the last 3 months of 1999.


 


He meet many interesting people including farmers, fishermen, Buddhist monks and water buffalos

 

The French Aviation bombed this beautiful bridge
The Vietnamese built it up again
The US Air Force destroyed it several times
The Vietnamese used American prisoners to rebuild it
The Bridge was left in peace


Long Bien Bridge built 1902

 


A skilled fisherman using his feet
to row on the Red River

From the right:
Lenin,
Svensson
and a Vietnamese friend


A small catholic church out in the country
Viet Nam Writers´ Association


Poet Nguyen Xuan Sanh and Svensson

Monsieur Sanh translated several of
Svenssons poems from French to Vietnamese

 

Currently at all newsstands in RANSBY, Northern Värmland
G U N N A R S V E N S S O N S
widely aclaimed travel novel
Med soluppgång på pakethållaren

(Translated in Swedish only)

 

"MIN KROPP FÖDDES I EN KÖKSSOFFA
UNDER DEN KALLA POLSTJÄRNAN,
MEN MIN SJÄL FANN SINA RÖTTER I
VIETNAMS RÖDA, VARMA JORD."

 

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