Posts from 2000
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Snow!
Wow. The last couple of days it's been dumping down snow. It started yesterday morning when we got up and saw snow everywhere. Then last night, around 17:20, it started really dumping. Probably droppe…
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Snow!
It snowed this morning. Must have been a couple of inches at least, judging from the amount piled up on cars in the street. Not quite a white Christmas but nice nonetheless. Rachel called us at 5:30am…
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Update time
Well it's been almost a month since I last told you what we're up to. Been a bit slack, I guess. I never thought I'd appreciate evergreen trees so much as being in London in Winter. The trees were a g…
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I'm an uncle!
Just got this email from my brother Anthony: At 11:15pm on Tuesday the 14th, Laura gave birth to a 4.175kg baby girl by C-Section Wahoo. Looks like I'm an uncle and Anthony and Laura are now parents.…
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Welcome to Sunny London
Well here we are in London at last. Our week in Paris was, of course, fantastic. Had lots of yummy cheese, met some excellent people and did a small amount of sightseeing. I guess I should talk about…
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Why do I love France?
I've been thinking about why I love France so much. It could be the food, the cheese, the wine, the peoplem the history. But really it's the lack of the anti-intellectual cultural cringe you see in Au…
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J'adore Paris
Spent the day today wandering around Paris. We have a weekly ticket on the Metro and travelled to the Arc de Triomphe and then wandered down the Champs-Elysee towards one of Paris' department stores.…
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Paris wow
We're in Paris and loving it! Holly has been raving about how much she loves the place all afternoon. Of course, as with entry into any country, there were some hassles. We breezed through baggage cla…
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Halong Bay and off to Paris
We're back in Hanoi after 3 days going to Cat Ba Island in Halong Bay. We timed it perfectly and got beautiful sunny weather. That meant we got some swimming in. First off the boat and then at the bea…
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Back in Hanoi
Well we got back to Hanoi tonight after six days travelling around the North West of Vietnam. We've seen a lot of minority hill tribe villages and had a hell of a lot of fun. We also have sore bums fr…
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Hanoi and onwards to Sapa
We've been in Hanoi the last two days. Beautiful old city, although the traffic is more hectic than Saigon! We managed one sunny day today but I managed to spend most of the day in bed with the runs a…
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Clothes!
We're still in Hoi An, it's still raining but we have some fantastic clothes. We've been hanging out with a couple of poms and Irish people which has been fun. Not much else to do in the rain. We trie…
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Raining in Hoi An
Well we're in Hoi An, the shopper's paradise. In this townm you can get a suit whipped up in a few hours for US$20, or anything you can find in a fashion magazine or photo. I've spent US$115 so far on…
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Still raining -- time to bail
Well it's still pouring down with rain here in Nha Trangh. It's quite sad as our plan for here was to spend three or four days lying on the beach sipping cocktails. Instead we've been wandering around…
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Raining raining raining
We're in Nha Trangh and it's been raining all yesterday and today. Looks like it might clear up by tomorrow, thank Bob. Not much to do in a beach town in the rain. Apparently there's a storm (typhoon…
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Holly in Dalat
Hi all, I LOVE VIETNAM. WIsh I was spending more than a month here now. We have booked an open bus tour here from SIagon to Han Oi ( like going from Sydney to Brisbane) for under $70. We now wish we h…
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We love Vietnam!
It's funny how bad experiences contrast so readily with good. Last night we arrived in Dalat, the internal tourist capital of Vietnam. All the Viets have their honeymoons here. It's strewn with tacky…
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Dalat limerick
Initially quite dodgy Dalat We warmed to the people and all that Tourist Mafia is bad And poverty is sad But the motorbike tours are down pat
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In Dalat
We're now in Dalat. Not much to report except seeing lots of beautiful countryside on the 8 hour bus ride here. Dalat is the main tourist destination for Vietnamese. It's much cooler than Saigon, whic…
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Bad poetry
We've taken to writing limericks while sipping yummy Vietnamese beer about our travels. We'll do one or two poems a day about our travels. 2/10/2000 We jumped on a cyclo in Saigon And went "what the h…
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Holidays at last!
We're in Saigon and loving it. Apparently Saigon is the worst place in Vietnam, so it's only going to get better from here. Vietnam is an incredibly interesting place to travel. A communist country, i…
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Look here for updates
Keep watching this page for updates about where Holly, Michael and Simon are and to hear about their adventures.