MAMA LINH'S! 5bucks for a whole day of fun! includes snorkellling, great food, fruits, and unlimited booze!! plsu free band somemore...kenah owned tho..post-puking pic. floating bar 

nhatrang's food, sights anD BOOZE...cheap german schnitzel and bratwurst at 7c restaurant with the owner...xichlo(cyclo) ride along tran phu of nhatrang..and cheap cheap booze a whole jam jar of housepours for just $4. at a very posh club too. with truly half jar full of BACARDI. no wonder i got owned at mama linh's boat trip the next day. 

nice shot by hairy jaspy...look at how high the kite's flyin! 

kite flying with the locals...beautiful sunset and skies init?? 

one for the times. 'nuff said. 

amazing scenes happening on the beach...seafood lady; jewllery girl dressed like a robber+ auntieselling huge prawn crackers; security guard in full force at the beach+ a very JIAO angmo with very JIAO hair tanning; and me who couldnt resist buying those crackers 

haha one of my favourite pics...chilling at nhatrang...mann dam cute lah the umbrellas...and the deck chairs..OOOH..complete with mattress as u can see behind me...and cheap cheap beer..and cheap cheap fruits...and cheap cheap SEAFOOD...and cheap cheap shopping coming our way...what with good books and jewellery stopping by our foot... 

us at the beach...if u can see...in the backgrd..the veitnamese actually go into the water in FULL PJs and STRAW HATS..wtf right....but its really popular with the locals...bottom right: playing football with the local boys against the backdrop of the sunset at the central highlands...and flying a kite with the locals..it was a blast with lovely fotos 

nhatrang!!! woooohooo spent like 3 nights there...beach haven ultimate...with our fellow travellers whom we met almost EVERYDAY along the trip ALL THRU VIETNAM...scott from aussie and stella frm msia...CAFE DE AMIS...hahaha..vietnam version...killer banana pancakes with CHOCOLATE SAUCE...all for $1 i think. jasper and his babe trying on some jewellery...she was really good! made everything herself...and of cos, frisbee in the water...shiok man! frisbee costs like $1 there as well 

NEXT STOP NHA TRANG!!!!!!!!! BEACH LOVERS HAVEN!!! where the hedonism never ends....from clockwise: view from the bus...looks alot like great ocean road!! windy roads hugging the spurs of the moutains, stunning view of the ocean and isles on the right...clear blue sea; seafood platter ala fishandco!! all for a cheap $10 sing each; OUR LOBSTER!! highlight for food man..dirt cheap oso $4 per kg..we got it cheaper; and sunrise view from our hotel room!!! nice bo... 

more pictures of dalat...they even have a eiffel tower lookalike! 

next stop: dalat...hill station in the central highlands, cool temperate, somewhat like genting highlands...and everybody there were bundled up like it was winter..romantic place...lots of waterfalls too! 

picture perfect postoffice at HCMC..toldya it was a blast from europe..complete with cobblestones outside the postoffice.. 

more of cuchi and the war museum...clockwise from top left: cuchi tunnels with their soldiers during the nam war; 4th medical brigade of the us army; gigantic vietnam sandals made from rubber tires; taking a break on the hammock after that exhausting squatting walk 

okay, i make the tunnel look spacious but its mother killer on the quadz i tell u, squatting and moving thru the tunnels..and it looks bright and thats cos of the flash...it isnt at all...totally pitch dark..plus dun ask me what i was trying to do 

thats right thats us in the tunnels of cuchi 

cuchi tunnels! amazing tunnels 5m underneath the ground..pictured is an american tank they captured and now displayed as a trophy of war 

streets of HCMC a lively bustling crossroads of cars, and more motorcycles than pple u can see, horns not withstanding...lots of little bars popping up everywhere, cheap beer on sale at the roadside...not so much of parisian grace as i would expect..prob the grace of 30 years ago...but lively nontheless 

u would think we're at europe...no...notre dame cathedral at ho chiminh city...one of the grandest..but without any stained glass as the americans bombed them all...FUCKING CRUEL EXIT FOR AUSSIES. 

happy birthday

yes, happy belated birthday to the june babies sorry i couldnt make it while i was gallivanting away in the land of viets....

to ale, char and stef, HAPPY 21ST!!

i love party girls!

green tea and deck chairs
you dun need many expensive drinks or spectacular views atop buildings to make for a wonderful evening of sharing...though it would be nice...

a $2 bottle of 1.5litres pokka green tea and some waterproofed deck chairs by the pool do the trick...a testament that company always thrives better than the view...

i love party girls!

i love party girls!
finally back from vietnam, will post up pics later, as usual the procrastinator that i am..havent even posted up any aussie pics though, or have i?? haha...its been a great trip, a blast, Ups and downs, more UPs than downs, meeting pple along the way, the FOOD...ooooh the FOOOD...and the plentiful beer tshirts/singlets galore, but its the pple that make or break the trip...

ho chi minh - dalat - nha trang - hoi an - hue - hanoi

its been an even mix, but truly vietnam i gotta say, the hidden charm..bustling cities with its incessant horning, beautiful pine trees high up in the moutains, green green fields of padi, wonderful beaches, soft sand and clear blue ocean, wartorn tunnels, old school imperial tombs and citadels, yellow buildings a piece of history from the cham dynasty...what more can u get?

but surely nothing beats home, coming back to appreciate how lucky u really are, the comforts of your loved ones...can't beat that man.