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Suits, Shirts and Shoes
Hoi An seems to be the fashion capital of Vietnam with Taylors on every street willing to make you anything in any material. Sam and Shane expertly bartered and have new suits with a crazy blue silk lining and new shirts. I have 2 new dresses and a pair of shorts...I need more clothes as the list of lost ones grow daily 5 items at last count...not …
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Delta Boating
... and a couple of Aussies, so formed a bit of a group within a group which was lovely - after a couple of days solo it was quite refreshing.
So the bus took us past lots of makeshift housing, rice paddies with big concrete graves sticking high above the paddies, and the 'Bunnings' of Vietnam - shop after shop selling building products; tiles, toilets, basins, timber scaffolding, ladders, steel and so on. All of the ...
A day on the Mekong (Delta that is)
... good and tasted even better. As you will also see Maureen was a great deal better at making spring rolls but mine still tasted pretty awesome. Once finished dinner we had a choice of riding around the island on pushbikes or to lie in a hammock and relax. As you will see by the photo’s we choose the latter. A quick trip back to the main land and we were on a bus headed home. All in all I would highly recommend a trip to the region with a relaxing day and awesome ...
Snake Shots & Coconuts
... tour was actually quite
enjoyable, as was the company we found ourselves in. The boat took us to Ben
Tre where we observed the making (and tasting) of the islands famous coconut
candy, sampled some snake liquor (tastes like tequila), drank coconut juice
from coconuts (amazing) and held a 2 meter snake. From there we found ourselves
having lunch and hanging out ...
Boat Trip on the Mekong Delta
... either Russian, French or English depending on who the traveler is and due to the history of the country with the various foreign powers either helping and/or occupying the country. Somehow the Vietnamese seem to work it all out and keep all us travellers happy.
Our tour stopped at various islands where the locals were either fishing in the Mekong Delta, showing us how rice can be made into rice paper ...


