I can't believe that we have only 2 weeks left of our 3 months here in HoiAn...our time has gone by soo quickly and I haven't really been keeping up with the blogs of our travels - so today I have decided to share with you all some comments about our life here. Friday night is much the same as any Friday night in Oz - there is a little bar/restaurant here where the expats gather for happy hour. My drink of choice has changed from wine to gin and tonic (2 for 34,000dong = A$2.20) - although I attend an [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone.....just to let you know that we are still alive and well here in Vietnam. I have been very slack with my travel blogs but hope to catch up on things and get into a bit of a routine for the last 6 weeks here. We are currently in HoiAn - having just spent 3 weeks in Hanoi. The Hanoi trip was mainly for me to continue with my TESOL study and to complete some units while here in Vietnam. Along with 22 others from Australia and New Zealand we undertook a 5-day in-class component and then the next 2 [View Full Entry]

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Not sure where to start because when the rain and wind started here we had very little communication at all and a lot of 'word of mouth' that we weren't sure was reliable or not. Unfortunately for us we were out on a fishing trip on the river the night the first of the storms commenced. We would have made it back to dry land before the storm started but when we pulled up anchor and started the motor - the 'captain' discovered that a fishing net was wrapped around the rudder. It was now dark and we had been watching [View Full Entry]

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Sorry everybody, this blog is dated 28th September and a lot has happened in the last 10 days and just managing some time to catch up on things.......we are all fit and well but a little tired and worn out after all the cleaning up we have done here and there is still a lot more to do here......but for now enjoy this update and more to come........tks. Ros. I have a bit of spare time today because the storm that hit the Phillipines is heading our way and we have all been advised to stay close to our hotel for [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, one week down....weather has thrown everything at us......stinking hot and muggy (yes, just like the words to that famous song from the movie - Good Morning Vietnam) and continual rain - but the temperature has dropped to 25 degrees. I think I am becoming "more local" and an now only changing my clothes once a day as I couldn't keep up with the washing and more so the drying in this weather....haven't yet succumbed to taking my washing outside to be done even though it is only 10,000 for 1 lb - about A$0.80......quite expensive when you can get [View Full Entry]

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Good Afternoon Vietnam......sorry have been here 3 days now and still trying to come to grips with the heat...it is hot, hot, hot....Michael and Russell are doing their best to keep up their fluid intake by trying all the beers available..... Had a good grip from Oz to here (DaNang) via Singapore...many thanks to our travel agent Claudine who I'm sure was glad to see us leave her office after all the ups and downs it took to get us here.......many thanks for the 5 star accommodation at the airport in Singapore we were reasonably refreshed for the final leg into [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, I am trying to set up a Travel Blog for our next trip to Vietnam. We will be leaving Australia 16th September and returning home 12th December.....still soo much to do before departure time. We are initially travelling to Vietnam for a 60th birthday party - one of those parties that you agree to attend when one has consumed a few glasses of wine - but this party invitation has opened up a range of opportunities for us on this trip. We will be based in HoiAn for the most part of this trip and I have been accepted [View Full Entry]

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