We have safely arrived at our hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam after fairly uneventful flights. We left Adelaide on Tuesday night at 7pm, flying to Melbourne for our international flights to Hanoi. We were booked by QANTAS all the way through from Adelaide to Vietnam and were given boarding passes for all three flights. We flew QANTAS from Adelaide to Melbourne and then switched to Malaysian Airlines for the next two flights. Our first international flight was from Melbourne to KL and was due to leave at 12.30am. We lined up with our boarding passes issued from Adelaide and was then told that we needed new passes for the next two flights (even though nothing was different as in seat numbers, flight numbers etc.). By the time this issue had been sorted and new passes printed, we were some of the last passengers on the plane. It didn’t matter as there was plenty of room. We both managed to get several hours of sleep, and we were well looked after. We arrived in KL at 6.30am Hanoi time. The n...
We had a very interesting, confronting and reflective day visiting the Cu Chi Tunnels about a two-hour drive from Ho Chi Min City and a War Museum in Ho Chi Min. Our group had an early pick up at 7.30am and we were soon on our way. Being morning peak hour, there were motorbikes and scooters everywhere! In a city of 12million, there are 9 million motorbikes. We saw two riders who were carrying about 12 reo rods, of about 10mt in length. The first rider had the front end of the rods attached someway to his bike and a few metres back the second rider had the end of the rods attached to his bike. We watched these two riders turn a corner and they had to be very well co-ordinated. It was hilarious and I wished I’d been quick enough to get a photo. After an hour of travelling, we stopped off at a charity, workshop, where beautiful pieces of Vietnamese artworks are made by people who have been disabled as a result of agent orange used during the Vietnam war. Many are the 3 rd and 4 th ...
Wishing you interesting, happy and safe travels guys!
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