Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 14
Brendan’s 5th Birthday! A quick look around , the old town, found the real Japanese Bridge, still nothing too grand but it does separate the hustle and bustle of Hoi An from the more arty area of the Old Town. It is very hot & sticky again, so back to the hotel via the “Banana…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 13
Late up this morning, a bit of a sleep in. Breakfasts, then a short stroll around town again. We went and picked up Brendan & David’s shirts, and ordered extra for pickup this afternoon. The lady and her daughters were very nice, and of course all adored Brendan! Off to the next shop, tried on…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 12
Pictures from Hoi An & Da Nang David’s birthday – we all forgot, till Jarrad sent him a SMS to wish him a Happy Birthday! Breakfast, was a slight improvement, on previous but still not that great. Brendan was happy, he had corn flakes, David had eggs on toast, and I had an omelette, followed…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 11
Hotel: Vinh Hung 3 Hotel – Trung Nhi Street, Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam Ph: 0510 864074 Fax: 0510 864094 7 June -10 June We had another woeful breakfast, then packed up and checked out. Taxi to the airport cost 180,000VND, plus 20,000VND entrance fee. Flight was for 1hr 10min arrived at Da Nang…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 10
Breakfast this morning, the worst yet, American Breakfast, yeah right! It is mainly noodles and fish stuff. Brendan had an fried egg, though it looks like it was cooked in pan full of oil, David & I just had bread, fruit and Pineapple juice (the only juice they had). So much for variety! We have…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 9
Pictures from Nha Trang Hotel: Hai Yen Hotel 5 June -7 June 40 Tran Phu Blvd, Nha Trang, Vietnam Ph:058 822828 Fax:058 821902 Taxi to airport – Traffic is a nightmare to drive in, you can do a U-Turn right in front of incoming traffic & no one worries! Vietnam Air, 50 minutes to Nha…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 8
Pictures from HCMC & the Chi Chi tunnels Chu Chi tunnel tour today, so we are up at 5:50am to get ready. Same, very ordinary, breakfast again, and set to go. Picked up from hotel (15 min late), then transferred to a bigger mini bus – 8 other Aussies also on the tour, from Tassie…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 7
We are up early and ready for our Mekong delta tour. The bus picked us up at 7:40am (5 min early), which then took 2 hrs to get there. Along the way we travelled on a new motorway, interestingly they have road rules on the motor way, one of which is that all bike riders…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 6
Pictures from HCMC & the Mekong This is the first day we have had a sleep in, 8:30am! Got up and had breakfast, not what we expected. We had booked all hotels with American breakfasts, this wasn’t western at all! Obtained a map from reception, and noted where we would go. Started out, but we…
Cambodia & Vietnam Trip – Day 5
Pictures from Siem Reap We were supposed to go to a jungle covered temple, but went to three others instead. The guide, Mr Tinghe apologised for the misunderstanding, these temples were covered by jungle, but had now been restored and cleared. He would take us to the other temple, but it would cost us an…
