VIETNAM | Sunday, 7 Jun 2009 | Views [165] | Comments [1]
Over 30 years on since North Vietnam captured Saigon, things have changed. For instance, Americans are welcome. Which is amazing because they are more welcome in a country they tore apart, than any other country in the world. I invite you to add a ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Views [162] | Comments [1]
Travel Vietnam for less than 15,000 dong a day. You get a two stroke motorbike, a comfortable double bed strapped to your back grill, and last but not least - all the open air you can handle. Your travel insurance will not cover this however, so if ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 31 May 2009 | Views [122]
Well, we've all done this before haven't we! According to locals, the best way is to use a super conducting metallic pole to dislodge the live electirical wires from branches extruding from the main stump. The reason for this being that it is believed ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Saturday, 30 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Hoi An
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VIETNAM | Saturday, 30 May 2009 | Views [299] | Comments [10]
3 minutes I'm told, and 5 if you want it de-boned. Meat and noodle soup are a staple Vietnamese dish, and although dog and cat Pho restaurants are not common, they can usually be found on discreet narrow streets in Hoi An. Menus don't exist in restaurants ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thursday, 28 May 2009 | Views [96]
The same as in Australia...if you can read and write, you would probably be over-qualified. Only when you can generally stand upright; wear ill-fitting clothes; and look as if somehow life dealt you a hand of apocalyptic proportions, will you get an ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 27 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Halong Bay
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VIETNAM | Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [90]
Ever looked up in the streets of Hanoi? The amount of electrical cable precariously dangling from semi eroded steel poles in greater than 51.4 million kilometres. Ever wondered what the reason for this is when Vietnam is only 21km's from end to end? ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Vietnam
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VIETNAM | Monday, 25 May 2009 | Views [104] | Comments [2]
Probably just one. After speaking to the hostess at the boarding gate who explained to me that the reason our flight was delayed was because the front wheel gear was loose, I didn't know if I should point out to her that 5 mechanics were crawling all ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Monday, 25 May 2009 | Views [108] | Comments [1]
The Beauty of Sentosa lies at the beach. Stretches of blinding white sand, availablilty of solid wood deckchairs at 20 US a pop, and the almost beautiful horizon broken only by over 500 ships floating less that a kilometre from shore. The Singaporean ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Sunday, 24 May 2009 | Views [254]
It's easy. Pretend you are someone entirely different. We followed a car with ribbons on it to the Regent Hotel. Once we located the reception I stepped in and said that I was Hugh Jackman, and Jasmine said that she was Renee Zelweiger. They were ... Read more >
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SINGAPORE | Friday, 22 May 2009 | Photo Gallery
Singapore
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BOTSWANA | Tuesday, 3 Jul 2007 | Views [740] | Comments [1]
Creator of the Botswana renowned "pero-perm" Mma Rotswe waits excitedly once more for a customer. Mma has taken the BBH (Botswana's Best Hair Stylist) award in consecutive years with her unbeatable: Peroxide-Perm, which involves unloading ... Read more >
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BOTSWANA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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FRANCE | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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SWEDEN | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Monday, 25 Jun 2007 | Views [320]
Shopping in Madrid is often frustrating for tourists and locals as stores open and close with confusing irregularity. The local council introduced an incentive of compulsory double expresso shots after breakfast, however many employees became tired ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Monday, 18 Jun 2007 | Views [399] | Comments [2]
It has been said that the French revolution was enough to make anyone cranky, especially with the onslaught of such political and social upheaval. So following years of violent turmoil and executions as a form of repression its understandable why the ... Read more >
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FRANCE | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007 | Views [303]
A question as simple as this really does not require an answer. However there is a definative answer. NO it is not. The verdict is overwhelming, however no opinion has been quite so eloquently put as the world renouned Chef: Anton Bruleè, who once ... Read more >
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