Washington Heat

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 AmericanMeer informatie
Leaving Washington

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 onMeer informatie
Houston

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 justMeer informatie
NASA

Photos
Home

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 attendingMeer informatie
Cambodia/Vietnam

VIP lounge at Akld Airport, just had dinner, settling in with a glass of red waiting for take off.
Cambodia/Vietnam

Mike, finally relaxing 😎
Akld to Singapore

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 wellMeer informatie
Singapore/Siem Reap

Silk Air Business Class caters for twelve, we the only ones so hot the royal treatment, most enjoyable!!!!
Siem Reap

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 schoolMeer informatie
Angkor Wat

Amazing day today with a visit to the temple of Bayon, our guide is great and very informative. Then on to Angkor temple which is amazing set over many hectares. So much history. A climb to the top upMeer informatie
Downtown siem Reap

Had lunch downtown yesterday after a walk around the markets. Interesting, but like all markets very busy. Fresh veg & fruit amazing. Tuk Tuk's everywhere and all drivers courteous not like NZ!!!
Testing

Testing
Killing Fields

Wow, a lasting impression, what atrocities happened over here, we learnt so much. Our boat is great the food superb and other passengers are good fun. Only one problem, we are getting sick ofMeer informatie
Phom phen

Finally have wifi, yah. Left Siem Reap, lovely cruising on the Tonle Sap Lake & river. Have been for a ride on an occasion & cart, great but bloody uncomfortable. Visited a few primitive villages, &Meer informatie
Cambodia to Vietnam

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 variousMeer informatie
Tan Chau

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 &Meer informatie
Saigon

Still having trouble with wifi, will see how this goes. Great hotel in Saigon, had drinks on the rooftop last night amid an electrical storm, fairly impressive.
Tan Chau

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 aMeer informatie
Cu Chi Tunnels

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 fightersMeer informatie
Lunch in Saigon

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 takeMeer informatie
Saigon/Da Nang/Hoi An

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, ourMeer informatie
Hoi An Old Town

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 boatMeer informatie
Bike Tour

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 theMeer informatie
My Son ruins

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 bombsMeer informatie
Cortney Maricle
You will have to come back when we don't have a president that is such a disgrace.