Lake Bolac: The Home of Bob the Bunyip

I know we did promise before we went to Vietnam to try to keep an updated journal of our trip. But we didn't ... bandwidth problems, getting the stuff out of the camera, all that sort of stuff had Paris wringing his paws in despair.

So instead, we thought we might do a little "retrospective" of some of the highlights:

SAIGON (TP HCMC):

Paris (3rd tree from left) watches Australian tourist, John pose outside our hotel (the Palace) in Duong Nguyen Hue:


CU CHI:

Vietnamese soldier discovers entrance to our secluded holiday burrow:


Bob obliges by taking photo of 2 Australian tourists, John and Terry, being shown the Cu Chi tunnels and abandonned US military hardware by Vietnamese guide:


NHA TRANG:

Panoramic view from our chaises longues at Ana Mandara beach resort, Nha Trang. (Paris's jocular assertion that the shadow in the foreground is my belly is risible!):



Nha Trang cyclo drivers ponder the weight difference between Bob and Paris before taking us for massage and pho:


HOI AN:

We bump into the Australian tourists and their colleagues from Palm Springs CA, Anthony and David at the Mango Room Cafe:


Young Vietnamese boy doing bunyip impersonation near Cantonese Meeting Hall, Hoi An:




Cardinal George Pell pays flying visit to Hoi An for UNESCO World Heritage celebrations:


HAI VAN PASS:

Bob ponders the beauty of the countryside north of Da Nang and considers the possibility of retirement south of the DMZ on our trip from Hoi An to Hue:


And that's about half our journey. The wonders of Hue, our meeting with Jackie and Briony, Hanoi and Vinh Ha Long must wait for another day.