Pilgrims' Progress

Hanoi, Vietnam 

You would not believe how good that tasted.
The first lasagne in over four months.
With real mozarella.
And actually there were three of them!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
And then we were taken for a post-dinner stroll around the lake and sent lanterns burning off towards China, which reminded us of Chiang Mai and watched bats flying, which reminded us of Phnom Penh.
We have been so blessed. Thank you.

Hanoi, Vietnam 

We’re a twenty minute bus ride from downtown Hanoi…..the expat community hangs out in this neighbourhood, and today we took a wander…..look what we found….

 

PS. We’re really missing the good camera! Looking forward to receiving the replacement in Hong Kong. Did we ever tell you it got dropped? Hmmmm.

Hanoi, Vietnam 

 

The house is so big I hardly hear the children. They are upstairs in their own "suite"; we are down a floor, but still three floors up from the ground. I shower ... [Continue reading this entry]

Halong Bay to Hanoi, Vietnam 

Check out our view last night:

Looks perfect, yes? The Mama's journal tells a different story.

"Drifted ... [Continue reading this entry]

by Rob, who paid for this gig Hanoi to Halong Bay, Vietnam

 

The day didn't start in a promising fashion - at the 8am minivan pickup there were ten AyresBears, but only seven available seats....and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hanoi, Vietnam 

 

As our children's friends go back to school after the summer holidays, we remember back to the annual obligatory "What I did in the holidays" story that had to be written. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hanoi, Vietnam 

In three weeks we are renting an apartment in Guangzhou for a week. Today we had to tell the lady how old our children are: 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - ... [Continue reading this entry]

by the Mama, who remembers how much she dislikes shopping Hanoi, Vietnam "Just wait till you get to Asia and buy what you need there", we'd been advised, advice we took regarding hiking boots, which we did not want to carry ... [Continue reading this entry]

by Tgirl4 Hanoi, Vietnam

 

Actually I liked it all. The building looked like a church with all the seats. We sat in the very front row. Just in front of us was the water. Next to ... [Continue reading this entry]

by the girl who likes the type of cooking that consists of saying "Where shall we eat tonight?" Hanoi, Vietnam

 

In Vung Tau we ate rice soup with beef for breakfast, noodle soup with beef ... [Continue reading this entry]