oz part 2

Bev and I spent a few days visiting Andrea in Perth. Then Bev had to return to Calgary and work :( Thursday was ANZAC day and Andrea and I  made a long weekend of it, taking a road trip north to Nambung and Kalbarri National Parks before I too had to leave early on the …

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a day on the water

Bev’s birthday! We had a great day, out on the water, enjoying the serenity and beauty of Halong Bay. A very special day.Floating villages, comprised of houses floating on pontoons, surrounded by ‘cages’ containing fish of all shapes and sizes being raised: individual, family-owned and run fish farms. Bev, still looking pretty good at 29 …

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HCMC

Arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in the middle of the afternoon after a moderately comfortable bus ride from Phnom Penh. I was starting to feel a little under the weather and, defences down, fell prey to a bent taxi-driver; he was pushy and insisted on using the meter. This is usually a …

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