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"Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it" - The Beach (2000)

Where to next???? Vietnam in October/November with my good friend McKay... Thailand July 2010l... beyond that... you will just have to stayed tuned! ;-)

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Some of my travel friends sites that you may be interested in if you have a passion for travel (esp. South East Asia) are the following (there are some fantastic tips/recommendations/photos etc) :

Bob And Janette's Travel Adventures

Cathy And Gary's Travel Pages

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By Reet
November 9th 2009

Is this Phu Quoc or is this Paradise?! WOW Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Phu Quoc Island

Risking the camera for a double water shot!

I am back... sorry for the delay in blogs but as you all know I am now home... the last week was just so crazy (and relaxing) that my blogs got forgotten for awhile! After settling in, getting back to work and have unpacked (well half of my stuff) I am ready to sit down with a cup of tea and try remember everything we did! Crazy times! So we left our little hotel Bich Duyen and got a taxi to the airport... for some reason it was only $8 on the way back out (even though they had charged us [View Full Entry]

By Reet
November 7th 2009

Sh*ts N Giggles in Saigon Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

SaigonPost Office

So our last blog left us packing our bags and leaving for Saigon... I was really stressing as the typhoon has passed over but had left strong winds... I kept looking out at the trees blowing around and wondering how the hell a plane was going to cope! McKay must have repeated the "they want to crash LESS than you want to crash.. think of the bad publicity" speech to me at least 20 times!! Nail-biting flight We'd arranged private transport to the airport in Danang through Mark at Hoi An Motorbike adventures. At the scheduled time, up pulled our car [View Full Entry]

By Reet
November 6th 2009

Hoi An - Typhoon Heaven Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Hoi An

Hoi An River Life

Our third day in Hoi An started with a much deserved sleep in and lazy breakfast at our new hotel... we then walked into town to do a pre-booked cooking class with Red Bridge Cooking School. The course started at Hai Cafe where we were given a free drink and were able to buy some sweet little bracelets off one of the many street vendors... from there we walked to the local market to look at the local produce, while our guide purchased some token items for our cooking class... Having done a million markets this part really wasnt that interesting [View Full Entry]

By Reet
November 1st 2009

McKays Motorbike Misadventure!! Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Hoi An

Dumb and dumber!!

Its been a few days since my last blog and I have been struggling to get some downtime where I am not completely exhausted to write the blog... In Hoi An despite my best intentions I think we spent more time IN tailor shops than out of them and definitely had our shares of hits and misses.... Before leaving the train in Danang we had met a couple from Melbourne, Rose and Kurt who were on their honeymoon... as we left the train we ran into them and decided to split the costs of a taxi to Hoi An.. being the [View Full Entry]

By Reet
October 31st 2009

Farewell Hanoi, Those Train Rides Just Keep Getting Better! Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

Sunrise at the Lake

At 5.30am on our 2nd last day in Hanoi, the alarm went off and we both groaned... Not the smartest idea we have had to stay out until 1am then do a sunrise tour! We stumbled downstairs grumpy as at 6am to meet our tour guide... and off we set on a walking tour... we headed to the lake where all Hanoians go in the morning to exercise.. it was a strange sight... on one side of the lake you had all these old people doing tai chi... or what were attempts at tai chi.. some were in groups but others [View Full Entry]

After your run, you can weigh yourself for a small fee..

The Train Staff who decided to become our new sleeping partners! Creepy!!

The Last Supper with Matt before leaving Hanoi

By Reet
October 30th 2009

Spas, Bugs & Bia Hoi... Hanoi Heaven Asia » Vietnam

Our Romantic Steam Room

My last blog was getting a little long so I decided to cut it into a couple of blogs. don't want to give you information overload! Romantic Spa For Two ;-) After a good shower and breakfast we caught a taxi to a day spa which the hotel had already booked for us. The day spa paid for our taxi and we were shown to a romantic massage room for two... we walked in and cracked up laughing.. the room consisted of two massage tables and a lovely combined shower/spa/steam room in the corner... we had booked a 5 hour package [View Full Entry]

By Reet
October 29th 2009

Sapa - All Good Things Must Come To An End.... Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa

Smoking Apple Sheesha

Sitting on a rocking train on a 16 hour train ride to Hoi An, I thought it would be a good time to catch up to catch up on the blogging... We have left Hanoi sadly and are heading towards a typhoon in Hoi An... we were told today that it has been downgraded to a tropical storm and due to hit on the 1st Nov.. fingers crossed it stays small!! Soooo I left the last blog where we were having a rest before heading out again with our new found friends: Ria, Josh and Matt... they were due at our [View Full Entry]

By Reet
October 27th 2009

The Curse Continues At Halong Bay.... Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Halong Bay

Halong Bay

After months of research McKay and I finally decided on the PINTA GOLD cruise for our Halong Bay trip... it is a hard area to research/make a decision on and we decided after one too many horror stories that we would go with a company that had rave reviews on Trip Advisor... only to be disappointed by the whole experience... We woke up bright and early for our trip and as I lay in bed waking up I could hear McKay in the bathroom... (in an American accent which made it even funnier)... Oh my god... OH my god... OH MY [View Full Entry]

By Reet
October 27th 2009

Sapa - All Good Things Come To Those That Wait! Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa

Sapa Village

Soooo I left the last blog with us in our taxi on the way to the train station to catch the overnight train... when we arrived we were ushered through the main gates and given no real direction as to where to go.. it looked like a scene out of some scary movie.. it was like a deserted railyard with a few old trains in it and you had to walk across all the tracks to get to the train... weird.. Yet Another Overnight Train Ride We found our train and were shown to our cabin. We had booked 2 beds [View Full Entry]

By Reet
October 24th 2009

You... Vietnam... No Good!!!! Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

Charming Hanoi

The beginning of our trip to Vietnam has been an adventure and a half.. we definitely hit the ground running! It started at the airport when I realised that McKay and I didn’t really have a set plan on how to find each other once in Hanoi.. there were some random suggestions to meet at the baggage carousel but after realising that there were two individual areas I had to go to Plan B - nothing but hope!! After thinking about it for awhile I decided to head to Gate B and just take my chances… McKays plane was due in [View Full Entry]

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