Dalat: for all your coffee and flower needs
With our last day in Dalat, indeed our last real day of touring Vietnam – since tomorrow will start the escapade of the long trip home (Dalat to Saigon to...
The sound of music
While Michelle rests in the other room, having been struggling with a cold for the last day and a half brought about by the rapid temperature flux we both continually...
Sanctuary
Nha Trang (-noun Travellers Dictionary – to relax, bask in hot sun by pool and enjoy good food and cheap alcohol) The past three days in Nha Trang have been...
Last day in Hoi An
It was our last full day in Hoi An and we still had plenty to see and do. The TV in our hotel room had not been turned on once,...
Dripping naked by the phone
I have just emptied my $20AUD bottle of Johnny Walker.. what a sad state of affairs! I felt as if I had only just fallen asleep as Michelles mobile phone...
Hoi An, the Sunshine Coast of Vietnam
Still reading Ewan McGregors narrative of the Long Way Round, I have come to appreciate the desire he had on occasion to just jump back on the BMW bike and...
Where sadness smiles and joy weeps
Swapping the seemingly tranquil lifestyle of the mountaineers in Sapa for the hustle and bustle of Hue, Michelle and I started our first day on a tour of the city...
A welcome to Hue fit for a Royal!
Arriving into Hue after a two hour drive from Da Nang, which immediately prior to that involved a hour and a half flight, previously involving a five hour airport wait...
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
Currently sitting by the pool in Hue, having just ordered a Tropical Ice Tea. With my cocktail coming with ice, something I didn’t anticipate, I have quickly sculled the drink...
Where the weary lay their bones
Having just returned from our second morning tour, both Michelle and I have flung ourselves onto the bed, exhausted. This mornings tour took us hiking through two rural villages. Beginning...
All Aboard
Between the clickety-clack sound of iron wheels hitting new line segments and the rocking motion of our sleeper train as it makes its way out of Hanoi for Sapa, putting...
12:40 Flight for Hanoi
Having just turned down the current book I am reading ‘The Long Way Round’, I look up at the departure sign at gate 5 of Ho Chi Minh City’s domestic...
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