VIETNAM | Friday, 11 Jan 2008 | Views [121]
This evening we take to the skies on a 24 hour trip home that will take us from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi for four hours, then thirteen hours airborne towards Paris, where we sit tight for another four hours waiting for our two hour trip back to the ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
VIETNAM | Thursday, 10 Jan 2008 | Views [116]
First off to the Ben Thanh market - a chaotic indoor arrangement of shops and stalls. All senses take a hit here, perhaps the smells being the more noteworthy. Unable to find anything to tickle our fancy we resolved instead to hit the downtown Dong ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 9 Jan 2008 | Views [162]
It's all about the war. Well, maybe it's our obsession, but it seems that everything's about the war. Every government building has a remnant of the war at its front. Some are Vietnamese planes or weapons. More are American. Maybe they were careless, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 8 Jan 2008 | Views [180]
"Saigon, ...., I love the smell of a freshly made omlette in the morning." Sitting down for breakfast, you don't think there's likely to be an apocolypse any day now, not inside the hotel walls anyhow. And not up on the rooftop pool. Maybe ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
VIETNAM | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Views [104]
Where's the sun? Seriously, this is a bit ridiculous. It's 30 degrees, hot and humid, but no sign of the sun, moon, stars or even the sky. You feel the smog on your skin, in your lungs. Maybe it's just down to our mild irritation, a natural consequence ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Views [300]
Mrs Macquarie's Chair is a seat cut into a rock at the end of the Botanic Gardens at Sydney Harbour. From the spot, named for the wife of one of New South Wales' early governers, you get the most stunning views of what must be among the most famous ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 5 Jan 2008 | Views [89]
Ciaran with the Bear Necessities from the Jungle Book again, Ruth saved from Bohemian Rhapsody but put in a group of women to sing about Raining Men , we saw everything from the sublime to the ridiculous, but as was fitting, we finished the evening ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 4 Jan 2008 | Views [102]
Finally, after 4.5 years, Kathrina and Barry are man and wife. Great weather and amazing setting close to both the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. All good.
Tags: Friends
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 3 Jan 2008 | Views [81]
The last day before the wedding and all thoughts are on preparation. Nails. Hair. All that stuff. Australia itself is preparing for the Australian Tennis Open with a whole load of tournaments, so those who didn't spend the day shopping, or doing other ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 2 Jan 2008 | Views [102]
Shopping today. All day. The Queen Victoria Building in central Sydney is enormous, and required that all shops be visited. All. Night-time then at the Opera Bar at the Opera House.
Tags: Shopping
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