New ZealandWellingtonLower Hutt41°13’19” S 174°55’26” E July 7, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Airport Flyer starts our journey...
Been a hard wee while in work for both of us, but at last we are off
SingaporeKampong Ayer GemuruhSingapore Changi Airport1°21’7” N 103°59’27” E
July 8, 2017 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Nearly there ... Had toast and coffee local style
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityQuận Ba10°45’59” N 106°41’24” E
July 8, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
Hustle and bustle ...
First impression is of houses with bright silver water tanks on the roof.
Watched the rugby at local bar
Scooters everywhere ... Near death experiences every minute!
GreatRead more
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityXóm Bà Thiên11°3’45” N 106°31’41” E
July 9, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
From the American war ... 200km of tunnels.
Fascinating history as to why American intervention happened. The Vietkong were followers of Ho Chi Minh ... Uncle Ho ... who took up communism partlyRead more
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityQuận Ba10°46’14” N 106°41’23” E
July 9, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Stop 1: Bun bo Hue
Beef noodle soup from HUE
Stop 2: bbq
Beef goat shrimp frog vegetarian rice
Stop 3:seafood and more...
Quail, crab, scallops, clams ... And some of us had duck embryo!
The pictureRead more
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityXóm ChiếuCho Ben Thanh10°46’22” N 106°41’52” E
July 10, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Guided walk with 2 young students.
Started at Bến Thành Market ... They still barter here.
They also cut the heads off live frogs then cut their feet off ...
Parliament buildings and the statue ofRead more
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityQuận Ba10°45’59” N 106°41’24” E
July 11, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The further south the more sugar in food.
Officially Colin is now old 😁
Guide told us Catholics eat dog a lot. He stopped eating dog when his got stolen! His wife said it was karma!
Stop 1 : theRead more
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityQuận Ba10°45’59” N 106°41’24” E
July 12, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Equivalent of Uber to the Tan Dinh market which is less tourist focused. Found a terrific place for traditional Vietnamese pancake.
Walked back across town seeing streets dedicated to selling shoes orRead more
VietnamTỉnh Lâm ĐồngĐịnh An11°50’9” N 108°27’5” E
July 13, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Up and ready to go. We all arrive at the airport to find they have brought the flight forward by 50 mins ... We have 10mins to check in and board before takeoff. But wait there's more: we don't haveRead more
VietnamTỉnh Lâm ĐồngDa Lat11°56’54” N 108°26’30” E
July 14, 2017 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Christine and Terry off to get wet down a canyon, Lawrie hiked up a mountain, Raymond did a run, Ros & Colin did the market, bought fresh and candied fruit.
Coffee, local and roasted onsite withRead more
