AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 19 Jun 2012 | Views [393]
After breakfast we headed to the Dalat Train Station which was built in 1932 but is has not functioned as a mode of transport since the end of the Vietnamese War. In 1997 they re-established a tourist link to Trai Mat Village where the Linh Phuoc Pagoda ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 18 Jun 2012 | Views [197]
Today we went on the Easy Rider motor bike tour. Cost $20 each. Our drivers were Hip and Hieu. The weather was still showery but we ventured out. Traveled west from Dalat and visited flower, vegetable farms, coffee plantation that had weasel's that boob ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 17 Jun 2012 | Views [350]
Another rainy day in Dalat. It was my first breakfast at Thien An and the spread was magnificent. Didn't know what to have or not. Met a girl from Quebec Canada who is here for 2 months doing her Masters and is studying 3 tribal villages. After breakfast ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jun 2012 | Views [382] | Comments [1]
Had a bad night with gastro. Woke up in morning and still not well. Sent Kevin off to breakfast and he ate his fill. Here at Thien An Hotel breakfast is included and you sit around a long communal table and eat to your hearts content. Kevin ate a variety ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jun 2012 | Views [419]
Went for a walk at 6.00 am around Park 23/9 and again saw the locals playing badminton, doing aerobics and exercising to music. Kevin stayed at hotel and read Kindle. After breakfast headed over to Market for a look through the meat, fish and fruit &... Read more >
VIETNAM | Thursday, 14 Jun 2012 | Views [265]
After breakfast we headed off on a walking tour of the city. From our hotel we headed towards Ben Tanh Market, the main central market in HCMC with a huge range of everything. We then headed through some back streets which showed the locals meeting with ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 13 Jun 2012 | Views [251]
Started early in the morning at 6.15 am with a walk across to the two parks near Ben Thanh Market. Lots of locals doing Tai Chi, playing badmington, aerobics to music, using fixed exercise machines, running and walking. Kevin took off for his run and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2012 | Views [240]
Our chaffeur Colin Hall arrived promptly at 6.15am to pick us up for delivery to the airport. Having already printed our boarding passes we were able to jump the front of the line and save time. Flight to KL was 7 1/2 hours and we were able to watch a ... Read more >
