Volume 1
Old Saigon
Pocket Sudoku & Ink Tracing
Solve a sudoku on one page, then trace the scene of old Saigon on the next. Page by page the book fills with drawings made by your own hand.
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Vintage Asia Pocket Puzzles, Volume 1
Old SaigonPocket Sudoku & Ink Tracing
Ten quiet minutes. One pen. No phone.
On one page a sudoku, on another a scene of old Saigon printed in soft grey. Your pen does the rest.
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Already have the book? Scan the code on the last page: your bonus pack is waiting there.
A sudoku and a scene to trace
- Your ink never lands on a puzzle. Every tracing page is printed back to back with another tracing page.
- Answers you can trust. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and can be reached by logic alone.
- Honest difficulty. Puzzles 1 to 30 are easy, 31 to 100 are medium, and the climb is gradual.
A true pocket book: 4 × 6 inches
Small enough for a handbag, a coat pocket or a carry-on. 224 pages.
What’s inside
- 100 sudoku puzzles, easy to medium
- 100 drawings of Saigon between the 1920s and the 1960s, one facing every puzzle
- Plain-English pages on how to play and how to trace
- Complete solutions, numbered to match
- A page for your name and the day you started and finished
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Every volume in the series
A new city to trace in every volume.
Volume 2
Old Tokyo
Pocket Sudoku & Ink Tracing
Solve a sudoku on one page, then trace a scene of old Tokyo on the next: the great lantern of Kaminarimon, a night soba stall, fireworks over the Sumida, cherry blossom.
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Questions before you buy
Do I need to be able to draw?
No. Every scene is printed in soft grey. You only follow the lines with your pen, at your own pace.
Which pen works best?
A fine ballpoint, a 0.38 to 0.5 gel pen or a 0.3 fineliner. Avoid markers and brush pens.
Will ink show through onto a puzzle?
No. Every drawing has another drawing on its back, never a sudoku.
Are the solutions included?
Yes, all 100, at the back of the book, numbered to match, with the key technique each puzzle needs.
The journey continues
- Old Saigonout now
- Old Tokyo
- Old Bangkok
- Old Beijing
- Old Jakarta
- Old Calcutta
- Old Yangon
- Old Seoul
- Old Kuala Lumpur
- Old Manila
About Pearl Lane
We are a small mixed family living in Asia: two cultures, two languages and one curious little traveller.
Every school holiday we pack light and set off to find the true soul of a new country: its markets and temples, its street food and old songs, the stories hidden in its quiet alleys.
This book was born on the road. We first made it for our child, as a calm moment between a bus ride and a ferry: a puzzle to solve, a picture to trace, a memory to keep. Then we thought: why not share it with you?
Thank you for travelling with us.
The Pearl Lane family