World Cup Dates

The group stages for the World Cup found here

Australia play..

12 June - v Japan
19 June - v Brazil
22 June - v Croatia

Then likely to come home. But we got there and broke the hoodoo. But I didn't :(

Some more random pics...

An incredible wood carving in Hoi Ann
The last weekend we were in Henley St before we moved out. What amazing colours
The Cathedral in Hanoi all lit up the week before Easter.
Em looking sultry in Nah Trang

Some add ons from GOA

Big Peckers !


Wetting my feet in the Arabian Sea....

Now I've been in ....

The Arabian Sea
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
Timor Sea
South China Sea ... from two different countries.

Gaps

Prolly a few gaps of recent. A few more photos should be up real soon, this dial up bites.

And LIVERPOOL beat Chelsea to go to the FA Cup Finals!!!

Some shots I forgot

Cargo Club in Hoi Ann

Em and I at Beer Hoi cnr. Can't beat a beer at just under 20c



Em doing what she does best, though I think I've given her a big run for her money.

Some random mumblings

Well, Windows to run on the new Intel Macs. Sweet. Though this does mean I'd need a new laptop and I don't think there's much chance of that in the near future. All this travel has depleted my funds quite quickly, but I've been lucky to be able to be taken care of family staying all over. http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
The laptop has been the most awesome travelling tool. To get online, upload photos, edit them. Being able to stay in touch with people via email is a godsend. I'm not not sure what it wouldv'e been like to travel 20 years ago without it. Being able to research places and tours etc is great before you get to a place.

But looking into the new video Ipods, seems that they don't support transfer via Firewire. I was going to give some music to one of Ems friends here who has one, and it tells me to use the UISB cord. Weak. I always take the firewire with me as it transfers quicker. Bit of a step backwards imo.

I'm off back home on Wednesday, which means I'm back home on Thursday and need to sort out when I go back to work. I'm expecting a bit of work to be waiting and get on top of in the first few weeks. I've been quite enjoyng just doing whatever takes my fancy each day and the only worry I really have is to know when and how to make it to the airport for the next flight and how much my gear weighs. Now I have to think about driving places, petrol, bills, organising interent, a mobile phone blah blah blah. Oh well, abck to reality soon. Way too soon. Though on the upside, there are some tings I'm looking forward to, like being able to get a pie and an iced coffee. Being able to eat late at night. Yiros is high on my list of goodies to eat when I get back. But no longer will I be able to take a $100 and live of that for a week, ie food for me and Em, taxis maybe some clothes and a bit of beer. Maybe a lot of beer. Not sure how I'll cope without wifey being about for such a long time, especially when it's not going to be that easy to just drop things and see her. It was a little strange when I first got here and had to get used to sharing a bed again. She complained about my snoring, which I'm sure I dont :) Em's got to return to work tomorrow, so I'll be back out exploring the Old Quarter again, though I'm not too sure if there's a lot I haven't seen there yet. A lot os Same Same, but Different. I haven't done a huge amount of things whilst I've been here, more of a break and holiday with Em. B ut it's given me a greater enthusiasm to come back later in the year and see a lot more of the country. I'd like to do a motorbike tour, from Nah Trang back to Hanoi. I think it'd be an awesome way to see the place, more of the 'real' Vienam so to speak. We'll wait and see.

Pees y'all, hope to catch up with some of you soon.
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Practice

Em, always brushing up on her Vietnamese whenever she gets the chance. I'm quite impressed with what she's got so far. I think If had had basic conversational skills it'd help me get cheaper prices as they kept asking me if I was Viet. Would save me the whiteman tax.

HoiAnn

This was out int the street, just outside the markets which we got dragged through by a woman who wanted us to buy clothes from her shop in the cloth markets. The cloth markets were cool, though the whoe place was a bit tiring as everyone wants you in there shop and they all do the best clothes. I ended up getting 3 suits made, from 2 different shops and 7 shirts. Em got a suit made and some shorts, pants and also hade some custom made shoes.

In Hoi Ann

Pineapple boy on the beach.

Prepping our pineapple

Hard at work.

Hoi Ann. Just out of Da Nang.

Locan beer in Hoi Ann. Biere Larue. THe french influence.

Em chillin' in the water.

Garden in the middle of town. Full of water, growing their veg.

Ladies chillin' in the shade.

Phi Tham Quan

Guess what? More pics....

Days from Sydney?

Phi Tham Quan

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Old military TT boats

Crush your thirst Rnk!

Yes, bloody more Nah Trang

Pees, again

The crew we met on the baot.

Boats. This was taken from the temple we went to. Phi Tham Quan

More Nah Trang

Mun Island. Mun means black. Lots of black rocks. This is where we were snorkling

The beach @ Nah Trang

Swanning in the lovely blue waters

Fountain @ Nah Trang

In the mudbath

Em and I getting dirty.

Nah Trang

Em @ Phi Tham Quan

Em on the beach at Nah Trang

The Floating Band.

Damn want a bike ifter this and Goa.

Drum inside the temple

More cute kids.

Nah Trang

Saigon Export. Gotta sample the local brews :)

Nah Trang beach. Everyone plays.

Schools out in the commune

Locals chillin' on the foreshore in Nah Trang. Sweet view.

Damn love waiting in airports.

The view from Da Nang Airport.