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Sun, 24 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [298]
Today very similar to every other day. Headed to Louisiane Brewhouse after breakfast to ensure we got a loung chair by the pool before all the locals arrived. Most were still eating breakfast. Lazy day again. Met a couple Peter and Jenny from Twin Waters ... Read more >
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 | By merantau | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 23 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [391]
Breakfast at hotel and then headed to Louisiane Brewhouse for a day of lounging by the pool and swimming in the sea. Kevin was a big wuss and wouldn't go above waist height in the sea because he said it was too cold. What a load of bunkin, it was lovely ... Read more >
Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [409]
Breakfast in hotel included juice, eggs, coffee for $3. Kevin says the percolated coffee was the best he has tasted in Vietnam. Headed off to Dam Market on motorbike but it was very hot and stuffy and I didn't feel all that well so we come home after ... Read more >
Fri, 22 Jun 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [2521]
The Atherton Tablelands have been shrouded in fog for two days. This is a land of waterfalls and rainforests, rolling hills and dairy farms. Sometimes it seems more like Wisconsin or Vermont than Australia. Ravenshoe, Queensland's highest town at ... Read more >
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [356]
Went out into the street for breakfast and ended up at Lanterns Restaurant where we had pancakes. Headed back to Louisane Brew House where we hired a beach chair and towel for the day at a cost of 70,000 dong. Laid by the pool which was closed for cleaning ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [592]
Early breakfast and checkout from hotel. Anh had organised our bus ticket and pickup to Nha Trang. A mini bus came 15 mins late and when we arrived at the station we purchased a ticket for 120,000 dong each or $6 each. The trip was on the new road and ... Read more >
Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [991]
Our road trip began by picking up our campervan from a hire place called 'backpacker'. That meant that it had a massive sticker saying 'backpacker' on each side, front and back, advertising to everyone that we were clueless travellers without any ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 | By marfee7 | Views [4440]
Wednesday 6 th June 2012
Well our odyssey for 2012 is about to start. Everything is
ready, not a single item overlooked….if you ignore the fact that we don’t know how the van fared over the
winter….. or the fact that we don’t know how ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [437]
After breakfast we headed to the Dalat Train Station which was built in 1932 but is has not functioned as a mode of transport since the end of the Vietnamese War. In 1997 they re-established a tourist link to Trai Mat Village where the Linh Phuoc Pagoda ... Read more >
Mon, 18 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [253]
Today we went on the Easy Rider motor bike tour. Cost $20 each. Our drivers were Hip and Hieu. The weather was still showery but we ventured out. Traveled west from Dalat and visited flower, vegetable farms, coffee plantation that had weasel's that boob ... Read more >
Mon, 18 Jun 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [2502]
Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef is a nice way to spend a birthday. And we are happy to report that it appears to be healthy, at least the bit we visited. It's a truly special place but I get annoyed when the Great Barrier Reef is described as ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [400]
Another rainy day in Dalat. It was my first breakfast at Thien An and the spread was magnificent. Didn't know what to have or not. Met a girl from Quebec Canada who is here for 2 months doing her Masters and is studying 3 tribal villages. After breakfast ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1111]
My watch, an old Suunto, has a function that tells how far above sea level you are. It can also count the number of ski runs you have done and calculate the total downhill distance. Another function gives the barometric pressure, useful for predicting ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Jun 2012 | By wendy-kevin | Views [430] | Comments [1]
Had a bad night with gastro. Woke up in morning and still not well. Sent Kevin off to breakfast and he ate his fill. Here at Thien An Hotel breakfast is included and you sit around a long communal table and eat to your hearts content. Kevin ate a variety ... Read more >
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