So I love history and the culture that surrounds it and different religions, but as my memory ain’t as good as it used to be don’t expect me to be able to recount much from today. It was 5 hours solid, but mesmerizing. And the good news – it was 5 hours without the noise […]
On to Hue and the wedding photographer of the year!
So after our final breakfast and the biggest passion fruit ever, the suit arrived. What a beautiful piece of tailoring – the quality is superb. No alterations needed – fits like a glove, as the cliche says! One very pleased and proud hubby. A couple of hours by the beautiful pool before taking off. Despite […]
Ying and Yang
So the suntan lotion is out at last, up to 26C today – woo hoo! And of course it is Mother’s Day in the Uk – and for me in Vietnam – a big thank you to my offspring for your gorgeous cards and words, well 5 from David, 10 from Jonathan and 500 from […]
Goodbye Hanoi, hello Hoi An and Auld Lang Syne
So we said goodbye to Hanoi, The Lapis Hotel (amazing), our guide Lin and driver, Phong. They all made our stay extra special. Personally I would have liked at least one day longer to explore Hanoi on our own. We never really go to to do that as we arrived a day late. I will […]
Deliberate spelling mistake allowed in one of the new 7 wonders of the world!
So after THE journey came THE view – Halong Bay. The photos don’t do it justice, and neither do these words. It was quite misty, which added to the mistery and majesty, but not the photos, sorry. However the water was just as emerald as it says on wikipaedia. We had the most fabulous 24 […]
Bonus post – a tribute to the late Dave Allen
So I wasn’t going to write anything today but our morning evoked memories of my childhood and watching the extremely funny comedian Dave Allen on tv with my parents. Children look up his clips on YouTube. He always finished his show with “Thank you. May your G-d go with you.” Whatever your religion, find your […]
Good Morning Vietnam – eventually
So we have arrived – fog at LBA, so flight cancelled. Courtesy of “The beast from the East” and “Storm Emma”, we never flew from Leeds. We should have left leeds at 14:05, but at 14:15 they were telling us the plane we needed was due to land at 14:30 despite the fact that we […]
So we are off, again . . .
. . . to a part of the world we have never been to before, how exciting! Again the accusations of desertion from the children, but they they are all working and can’t get the time off – such a shame! I’m hoping that for this trip there will be a “guest” blogger so that […]
Rachel’s Graduation
We were so lucky, two graduations only eight days apart and the baby of the family, last certainly but not least! The boys made her day by bringing her menagerie, although as the photos prove I think they really did it for them. Toby came too, well we had to bring someone who wanted to […]
David’s Graduation
This was another awesome and proud day for us all – David’s graduation. For once the focus was all on the middle child (poor deprived middle child as he would tell you), and he looked as if he thoroughly enjoyed it! The weather was glorious. Rachel and David stepped up to the mark and brought […]