Official 50th birthday portrait

Fire burning -- at least briefly and beautiful flowers, roses and orchids

March 9th 2008
We are back this morning in Hanoi from Sapa on the night train -- shared the cabin with two Hungarians this time. Couldn't speak much English, seemed nice. As the weather was very foggy in Sapa, we really couldn't see too much of the view so I am posting some more photos of tribes people because they are what made Sapa so special for us. ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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I always wanted to travel and left Australia when I was 18 to travel around Europe and Asia, working on the way in London and Amsterdam, before settling down in Tel Aviv. We didn't do much travelling for years, just short family holidays in Europe, and then in 2008 we started travelling again. This travel blog starts off with our first trip to Laos and Vietnam. After two years of covid restrictions, we were lucky enough to visit Santorini when there weren't so many tourists and later in the year we did a road trip around southern Italy. This year we celebrated a big anniversary with a short br... full info

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