Across the street from our balcony

February 29th 2012
We arrived in Saigon mid afternoon on Tuesday after our first class flight. We were travelling with Air Asia, a low cost carrier similar to Ryan Air. The difference is that they are much more relaxed about the rules. When we checked in we omitted to ask for seats together. Didn’t think it was necessary as we were early for checking in. When we looked later Stan was on seat 9F and I was on 23F. ... read more

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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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Stan and Sheila woolley

Still Crazy

We both travelled and worked in Spain, which is where we first met, back in 1971. Things back then were quite different, no plastic card banking or internet to smooth the way. Our travels were put on hold for a few years whilst we brought up our two children. They now spend large chunks of their life exploring the world. In in our mid to late 50's we decided it was time we took up travelling again and this time write our own travel blog. Hope it can compete with the younger generations. We chose the nickname 'still crazy' because I guess that's what we are, still crazy. We completed three... full info

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