Weekend away in North Wales
Bev decided to surprise me with a weekend away to north Wales – and then promptly tell me that she was going to surprise me, thus ruining the surprise. We stayed in a little hotel in a place I cannot pronounce that was situated on a small river. It was amazingly beautiful and amazingly cold....
Hoi An
Its catch up time. This entry was partly written on the road, partly after the fact so there is potential for it to be disjointed, so I apologise. After getting off the train at Da Nang and stretching our legs, we caught a cab to the nearest bus stop which would take us through to Hoi...
Buses and the Mekong Delta
Apologies for the delay – its been hard to get anything written and posted while in Vietnam. I’m in London now so the next few posts shouldn’t be too far between. On our third day in Saigon, we did a tour out to the Mekong Delta. This trip was via bus and was about 4...
The long train journey
After what appeared to be a panic stricken moment where I managed to somehow change the lock code on my bag, I finally have it open through a painstakingly slow method of trial and error. Well, I’m currently on a train from Saigon to Denang. I’m in an air-conditioned “hard sleeper” birth which has...
Good Morning Vietnam
Well. We have arrived. After many months of planning then quitting my job and having a leaving party then moving to Brisbane then getting a job then quitting that job then having a leaving party then leaving then getting to Melbourne and having another leaving party, its finally happened. The last few days in Melbourne...
