Visitors in Ha Long Bay + Hanoi May 13th 2010 I was counting down the days till it was time for Mum and Dad to arrive, I was so overly excited that I couldn’t sleep the night before. I had all these grand plans to spend all day sitting in a park with Mum reading, going on Xe Om rides with Dad, getting Mum to teach me to use my Sewing Machine Luke gave me for my birthday, the list went on.
I arrived at the airport nice and early and became ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay 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
Hello!!!
On Thursday the 8th of October 2009 we're heading off on a bit of an adventure.
A quick, two nights, stop over in Kuala Lumpur before we land in Vietnam's Capital City - Hanoi - where we plan on spending 6 months living and working. I'm doing a TESOL Course and really hope to find a job as a Teacher in Hanoi, and Luke plans to not plan his days and chill out with his guitar - and see if anything comes up for work.
Then, the plan is to head to Bangkok in May 2010 for Luke to start a 9 month Audio Engineering Course through SAE, and to head back home to Australia after that.
Lots o... full info