Hill Tribe Trekking
We boated our way back to Hanoi from Cat Ba Island. We had a few hours to kill before our train ride so we viewed a Water Puppet Show - it sounds odd, but it is actually a Vietnamese tradition and art. The puppets told various legends and stories of ...
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October 10, 2009
Sailing in Halong Bay
Halong Bay is a designated World Heritage Site with mystical landscapes of limestone islets and floating villages. We boarded a boat early in the morning and weaved in and out of them. We had a bit of a delay on the boat, when it stopped for no reason and we ...
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October 6, 2009
Cat Ba Island Exploring
After some healthy negotiations, we handed over some money to a guy who then gave us his keys to his motorbike (scooter) with only one rule...return it by 6pm. That simple. Now, I have been on many Harleys in my life, but never on the back of a scooter with ...
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October 6, 2009
Beach Bound
Saturday night in Hanoi was like something I have never experienced. It was Full Moon Party in the streets which meant full mayhem by 8pm. Cars, Motorbikes, People, horns, masks, balloons. If you weren't careful, you would get pinned and not be able to move... at all! (picture below) We ...
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October 4, 2009
Hanoi, Vietnam – Loud, Dangerous but FUN
We arrived to Hanoi early in the morning and were thankful that we pre-arranged a driver...but we were not prepared for the drive! I have traveled in what I thought were scary driving conditions before, but Hanoi has to be the craziest. We were crossing a 4 lane bridge over a ...
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October 2, 2009
Safe in Kuala Lumpur
All within the past 4 days in the South Pacific/Asia – Earthquake in New Zealand, 2 in Indonesia, Tsunami in Samoa & Tonga, Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines & Vietnam & another to hit Phillipines in 48hrs then onwards to China. Needless to say, we are blessed to be safe ...
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October 2, 2009
Auzzie BBQ – Sausages & Guns
A bbq, a truck bed full of free beer and the chance to fire guns brings ski instructors together like bears to honey. Andy's homestead named "Bulletproof" in Cobungra was the site of the gathering. To get to his remote property from Hotham, you travel about 20m and pass Brumbies ...
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September 23, 2009
Last day of work
Today is officially my last day of work in the Snowsports office at Hotham. Last week was our season end party. Auzzies like their "dress up" parties as much as their beer, so it was designated as Jungle theme. Thinking outside of the box (animal, bird, native), Elias & I ...
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September 15, 2009
Asia…here we come again
Finally have the next travel plans locked in. Leaving Hotham, Australia at the end of September and flying to Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia. A little shopping and city life for a few nights before flying to Hanoi, Vietnam. Then spending the month traveling south to Ho Chi Minh City, with a side ...
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September 6, 2009
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