3rd May 2010 We began our morning with a breakfast of eggs overlooking the beach and watching the local vilagers collect seaweed on the incoming tide. It was then back on the bikes for the next leg of our trip. We started through similar scenery to yesterday, rice paddies on all sides, busy with the harvest followed by forested areas and rubber plantations. ...
23rd April 2010 It turned out to be a good job that we had bought our North Face coats yesterday, this morning we awoke to torrential rain and a thunderstorm. We were lucky to have done our trek yesterday and that we were going back to Ha Noi later this evening. With such dreadful weather, there was no rush to go out, so we spent a good part of the morning chatting with our Israeli friends Batya and Nir in reception. They have given us some great information and recommendations for Cambodia, Laos and Japan all of which they have visited recently. ...
31st March 2010 Back from our Mekong Delta trip and we needed to do a raft of jobs before moving on tomorrow to the mountain town of Dalat. We started with another visit to the Post Office to send home our new clothes and the picture we bought in Malacca. That sorted - they even managed to find a box to fit! - we headed off to the Tax Centre which is a cross between a shopping centre and a market. On the way we passed the grand old colonial Opera House building. ...