Bui Ven Alley Life
Bui Ven is a busy street filled nightlife, food, and “Nail Spas”. It’s not a lot different than other streets in Southeast Asia these days. Except, that there is a maze of spiderweb alleyways that run off the main street to a completely different world nestled between Bui Ven and a bigger street names Phan Tran. Inside the narrow alleys there is a hidden community of shops, food stalls, day care, bike shops. and of course, daily living. The width of these alleys is barely shoulder to shoulder and everyone is functioning in their front rooms or in space they squeeze out in the alley. As you pick your way along you notice sleeping children in baskets and people cooking on small stoves like the ones omelet chefs work on at Sunday Brunch. The smells and sounds are magnified in the light quarters and it gives you a sense of what must have been going on here for hundreds of years. If you are ever in the neighborhood wander down to Bui Ven and maybe get your “Nails” done. If you do don’t forget to summon up some courage and disappear into the maze that is really Bui Ven.
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