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Graduation trip to the USA
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Graduation trip to the USA

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    Washington Heat

    18 maggio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    33 degrees so a slow start. Not walking in this heat so Uber to White House Visitor Center for a virtual tour. Interesting photos and displays, so much history. We now know a lot more about American history. Short walk up to the White House, we could get right up close this time, as the other day protesters blocked our way big time. Awesome. Quick lunch, uber home to lovely air con apartment. Wandered out for dinner to Romeo & Juliet restaurant. Had a drink with the young interns on our arrival back. Interesting topic of conversation. Future Presidents?????????????Leggi altro

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    Leaving Washington

    18 maggio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Uber of course to the airport but google decided to send us the wrong way, thank goodness our guy knew the right way. Bit of road rage to deal with and one finger salute got us to the airport. Sat on the Tarmac for three hours with a mechanical problem, finally reached our destination at Houston, LATE. But hey guys it's "MY BIRTHDAY ". So dinner at the hotel. Yummy dinner and then this ... check out the photos.Leggi altro

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    Houston

    19 maggio 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Off to the NASA Space Centre this morning, all we can say is WOW. Such an amazing place. We did a tour through the actual training centre and were blown away with the way in which they train and just what it all entails. We timed it right to listen to a half hour address by a former Astronaut. He gave us a great insight into the routines of an Astronaut, so interesting. We also got to see the shuttle that was used in the 70's.
    Mr uber then took us to the Holocaust Museum, a very humbling and moving experience.    Leggi altro

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    Home

    25 maggio 2017, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Now Thursday - time to put Find Penguins to bed for now. Finally over jet lag. We arrived home on Sunday from Houston after a 15 hour flight. We all thoroughly enjoyed seeing Lawrence, then attending Andrews graduation, so proud of what he has achieved. our trip will leave us with many happy memories. Mike & I will have to hone our 500 card skills!!! Cheers everyone.Leggi altro

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    Akld to Singapore

    13 agosto 2017, Cambogia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Business Class full but no worries, the service was great. Lovely to be able to lay down, both of us had good a good sleep. Silk Air to Siem Reap - Business Class empty, only Mike & I, so we got well looked after, quite special. Hotel lovely. Went out to Ta Prohm temple this arvo, just amazing place, then on to a school where the children danced and then showed us where they ate & slept, most of them are orphans. Angkor Wat tomorrow.Leggi altro

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    Siem Reap

    14 agosto 2017, Cambogia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Lovely hotel, lovely room. Visited Ta Prohm temple, just amazing with fig tree roots growing over the ruins. Very, very hot, but our bus has lots of very, very cold water. Visited a developing school set up by one man and built into something very special, amazing children.Leggi altro

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    Cambodia to Vietnam

    19 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    As you have all no doubt gathered getting wifi here is non existent. We have tried every night to no avail. Should be better now we have crossed the border. On boat all day today with various activities but like most of the passengers we just rested on the sundeck, just great. Had to stop for three hours for border crossing formalities. Trip in morning to silk factory so should be interesting.Leggi altro

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    Tan Chau

    20 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Went for a small boat ride this morning to a tiny village on the river, passed lots of fish farms and stilt houses. Went into a private home where an elderly man & his wife live with their son & daughter-in-law & grandchildren. A wonderful experience. Then had a rickshaw ride to a mat weaving factory & then to a silk factory. Of course the silk factory was the best!!!!Leggi altro

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    Tan Chau

    23 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Going backwards, sorry but some of the footprints are 'stuck somewhere an I can't retrieve them' (need you Garry). We went on a small boat ride up one of the tributaries of the Mekong, then did a rickshaw ride to a 'silver factory' really interesting to watch how they go about things, so very primitive. Rickshaw ride was hilarious.Leggi altro

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    Cu Chi Tunnels

    23 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Off the boat, onto a bus for a 2hr trip to the centre of Saigon stopping at the Cu Chi Tunnels, some 250km's of tunnels that housed about 16,000 people built by the Vietnamese resistance fighters during the war. Just amazing and hard to imagine what it must have have been like, the tunnels were so small in diameter, made for little people, not westerners like us. Stopped for lunch at a lovely restaurant on a river on the way to the hotel.Leggi altro

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    Lunch in Saigon

    23 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Went with three Australian couples we met on the boat to the markets and a to have a general look around the city. Lots of laughs, nearly run over a few times, so many motor scooters and they take short cuts up on the footpath around a tree and then back on the road only achieving a couple of meters. Had lunch and a beer in an outside beer garden.
    Tonight we have a farewell dinner and fly out for Hoi An early in the morning.    Leggi altro

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    Saigon/Da Nang/Hoi An

    24 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Up real early this morn to get to the airport before the peak traffic, Tauranga is a dream after Saigon. Met by our lovely tour guide
    & her driver. 40mins to our hotel in Hoi An.
    Hotel fantastic, our room is 10m from the pool so welcome this afternoon after doing a walking tour of the old town. Absolutely buggered tonight. Just finished an amazing meal at the hotel. Cook school tomorrow. Watch this space!!!!!Leggi altro

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    Hoi An Old Town

    26 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Red Bridge Cooking School yesterday, went to the local market first to learn all about the produce we were going to use. The usual busy, smelly and bustling with locals and revolting meat. Lovely boat ride in relatively clean water as opposed to the Mekong. Cooking great, but not so great on the veg carving!!! Mike even enjoyed himself but don't expect him to break out in the kitchen any time soon. Went to a lovely place to get some clothes made - wow, it is just amazing how they treat you. Go this arvo for a fitting. Off this morn for a bike ride. Sore bum material🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️Leggi altro

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    Bike Tour

    26 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Rained all night and still raining this morn, so no bike tour (much to Mikes delight) so our guide organised a 🚗 for a tour of the veg gardens and pottery making villages. We walked all around the gardens in the pouring rain then through the pottery village. Just as well it was warm. Had to buy some pottery (my weakness) then on to lunch at an amazing restaurant on the riverside. Still pouring with rain. Went and had a fitting for our clothes then back to the Irish pub to watch the second half of the rugby. Nail biting stuff. BBQ at hotel tonight, presumably in the rain!!!!!Leggi altro

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    My Son ruins

    27 agosto 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Picked up this morn by our lovely guide & driver, drove for an hour to the Champa temples. Very high in the mountains where the Viet Cong hid during the war, amazing place. The USA dropped bombs everywhere and it is very noticeable. Back early for a fitting for our clothes!!!! Then a swim before a 'small' 😴. Assistant Manager a South African, sent us a bottle is SA wine to try so sat on our day beds outside our room overlooking the pool and enjoyed every little drop.🍷🍷🍷🍷Leggi altro

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