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Wed, 6 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [326]
Up early again and walking around the Lake. After breakfast we decide to go to President Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum where Uncle Ho is laid out for all to view. We caught a taxi and joined the long line to file past his body. No cameras, phones or ... Read more >
Wed, 6 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [272]
I was up early for the Tai Chi lesson but Kevin decided to sleep in. Breakfast was at 7am and everyone headed off to explore the cave soon after. Kevin and I decided to remain on the boat and took the opportunity to take some photos, to check emails ... Read more >
Wed, 6 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [377]
Up early at 5.45am and I headed off for a walk around the Lake. Kevin decided that he needed to pack and didn’t venture out. After breakfast we crammed all our stuff in our suitcases for storage. We were taking only hand luggage for ... Read more >
Tags: halong bay
Wed, 6 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [295]
Awake early, around 5am and Kevin managed to lock us out of the bathroom. We had to ring reception and wake the staff up to come and unlock the door. We decided to head out for a walk and I needed to put on some sunblock but Kevin had again locked the ... Read more >
Tags: hanoi kids
Tue, 5 May 2015 | By silkmoose | Views [452]
A large portion of the population prepare their holiday by car as of last few decades. Real advantages are a comfortable/relaxing time where things that we pack are all in one spot and do not need to be carried around as in the past. Equally easy is ... Read more >
Tags: car, on the road, road trip, travel, trip
Tue, 5 May 2015 | By raam | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
Australia has always fascinated me in many ways. The continental island has such diversities in its land and people it amazes me every time I visit. The big cities, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane boast of pomp and pageantry on one hand but also has a ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 5 May 2015 | By jessa_james | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
The earth changes before us more times than we can count, each landscape creating a new work of art, sprawling out along the road before us. Although drought-stricken and baron, each scene is as spectacular as the last. Three consecutive years of drought ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 4 May 2015 | By rodeime | Views [307]
SMASH! The first wave breaks over the bow of our Zodiac like the hammer of Thor, throwing a deluge of angry water over us. We clutch our daypacks, already wrapped tight in plastic, as if our lives depend on it. We pull away quickly from Silver ... Read more >
Tags: australia, cruise, expedition
Mon, 4 May 2015 | By kaitty101 | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
Sydney has often been described as a magical land, one of prosperity and one of great mystery with a melting pot of culture. Mark Twain once stood in the harbour, overlooking the crystal waters and noted that on “natural impulse… gave God the praise.” ... Read more >
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Mon, 4 May 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [864]
I've been in Victoria for nearly seven months and I've done hardly anything other than busking and geocaching. In fact, I haven't even left the Melbourne area since I arrived here in late November! Today I would go out and explore. Whilst I was contemplating ... Read more >
Sun, 3 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [347]
Headed down to breakfast at 6.30am and the spread bought back all the memories of fantastic breakfasts in Vietnam. We started with juice, fruit, toast, baguette, eggs, pastries, tea/coffee. Spoke briefly with staff and found out that yesterday and ... Read more >
Tags: hanoi kids
Fri, 1 May 2015 | By wendyandkevin | Views [312]
Alarm set for 3.00am with taxi expected at 3.45am. The driver was having a slow night so he rocks up at 3.30am. Just as well we are ready. Got to airport and as I had got our boarding passes we bypassed the other people waiting and went through the ... Read more >
Fri, 1 May 2015 | By andrewjordan | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
Young dumb and full of... Love, was what I was feeling at the time and for some reason probably the dumb part of my brain telling me to trust my friend when he told me that we could live off busking, hitch hike and the kindness of others if we travailed ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 1 May 2015 | By carmenlsmith | Views [342] | Scholarship Entry
Crack! Connor swooped his whip around his body and cracked it again. He was only ten but could already command the attention of forty people. Wambiana Station is where Connor and his family live and work. I was there on a field trip. Our group had ... Read more >
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