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Hong Kong

ChinesefiftyfourandcountingDecember 2, 2016

This fascinating financial and economic magnet in Asia was once a small barely habitable peninsula off China. The two opium wars ended with China being forced to reluctantly agree treaties with foreign powers. Britains lease for 99 years in order to bury its dead, and provide protection on Lantau island was considered ‘as good as…

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First impression of Hong Kong ..

Arriving in Hong Kong for the first time if you’ve not been here before is frankly like something from a futuristic…

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Cambodia Past and Present

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Leisure time in Siem Reap by day and night

If you land in Siem Reap then you have one primary reason for being here… Anghor What. But on the days…

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Hanumanalaya Hotel – the hidden jewel in Siem Reap, Cambodia

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CambodiafiftyfourandcountingNovember 28, 2016

It’s so easy to get into Cambodia … once you know how!

During a one hour flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Siem Reap in Cambodia, you are presented with customs and…

FoodfiftyfourandcountingNovember 28, 2016

To be a Vegetarian in Vietnam

Vietnamese people are generally slim with very clear skin complexions in the young and weathered faces in the older generation. Not…

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Funny how you bump into people

Behind our Sampan we pulled a bamboo covered rowing boat suitable for tributaries, so we took a trip along one. This…

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Mekong, Tai and an Elephants Ear fish

Our guide for the Mekong Delta is Tai a very happy local that speaks reasonable English. Before boarding our Sampan we…

TravelfiftyfourandcountingNovember 26, 2016

Spaghetti Junction Vietnamese style

A common site in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, and other cities in Vietnam is their external wiring systems by the utility…

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Ho Chi Minh, a city like New York, Paris and London.

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, five million inhabitants in the city and two million on the outskirts. It’s a crazy…

Hoi AnfiftyfourandcountingNovember 24, 2016

The Vietnamese secret drivers code and my fan base!

There are no rules when it comes to driving on the Vietnam roads. New lane departure warning systems would be in…

Hoi AnfiftyfourandcountingNovember 23, 2016

Hoi An, it’s people and silk worms

Welcomed by Tien our guide with her infectious personality and smile, the journey from Danang was around 40 mins to our…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingNovember 22, 2016

Vietnam Airlines – safety first!

We were given great seats on our 1 hour flight VN 185 from Hanoi to Dnang (airport for Hoi An). They…

Halong BayfiftyfourandcountingNovember 22, 2016

Naturally cultured pearls on our way to Hanoi Airport

Well according to the pearl factory where we stopped, a natural one is when a grain of sand enters the oyster…