Rush-hour Cigarette

The afternoon monsoon rains hit downtown Ho Chi Minh City at rush hour. A thousand bikes seamed to appear from no where and flood the roads with metal and rubbe...
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The afternoon monsoon rains hit downtown Ho Chi Minh City at rush hour. A thousand bikes seamed to appear from no where and flood the roads with metal and rubber as well as the rainwater. The road soon had no more space to offer the commuters and office workers, and the pavements became the new over-taking lane. The only dry space left to shelter and observe this spectacle was a closed shop front window. The pavement in-front became a pit-stop for those bikers needing to apply make-shift raincoats and answer mobile phones. I was briefly joined by this elderly gentleman who struggled for two or three minutes to light his cigarette. He was so occupied in this task that he didn't seem to mind or notice the camera. When he had succeeded in lighting up, he turned, proud and happy and granted me this shot and memory of Ho Chi Minh rush-hour.
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