The road to Dalat

Central Highlands of Vietnam

There are ten million motorbikes in Vietnam

August 5th 2010
That's not a fact, it's probably a hell of a lot more than that. It actually feels like there's about that many honing in on you every time you step off the kerb to cross the road. Such a simple procedure back home: press a button, wait for a little green man to flash and beep at you and then happily saunter across safe in the knowledge that law and order in the universe is on your side. Here it i ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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Forget 9 to 5

"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!" Here we go again! With Africa out of my system (for now), it's time to set out to explore the big wide world and discover some new places to fall in love with. With a one way ticket to Sydney and a WHV in my pocket/email account I'm heading down under in search of streets paved with gold and the Pommie pipedream of living it up in the sun. On the way I'll be checking out the beaches, big buildings and backpacker haunts of Dubai and South East Asia and reporting back on just how relaxing it is swinging in a h... full info

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