Bali first with family for Rick's birthday ,then onto Vietnam with Net & Gary

We all travelled to and from Bali at different times .There were 19 of us, all at the same hotel yet doing our own thing but often getting together for a meal. We only had 5 days there but filled those days pretty well. View from room at Santika Hotel Cousins meeting for cocktails

Jo & Riley Around the water tables in Oceans ? restaurant

We eat

Fun with monkeys and baby tiger and elephant.

Back from Bali and Vietnam.

Vietnam. We had a good time but one definitely needs to tour. Shopping is good and cheap but it's not always easy to find one's way. Net's Vietnam (Eyewitness travel ) book helped and so did maps and questions. One still needs to have addresses written down for taxi drivers. It is very much a land of contrasts, sheer poverty, hard working lower classes beautiful hotels, including ours ,the Duxton, good places to eat eg, Jaspers and good places to get food poisoning (Yes Trevor again , on the last day and in the plane!!!!!!!!!),despite all precautions. But he will eat oysters and prawns.(Ate a huge lot on the last night ) I have told him he is not allowed to have a last day in holidays any more. The very anti-American war feeling is still there, even in young people and very evident at War Museum and Cu Chi Tunnels, yet the dollar is much asked for. Mekong cruise was an insight and showed a lot of their culture. The Cao Dai Temple with its very diverse type of religion was a beautiful place to visit. The traffic is still..... the big guy rules and bugger the pedestrian.Some beautiful homes, some disgusting places where no one should have to live . We had a great time but Vietnam really needs to cater much more for the tourist. Gary goes into tunnel A josstick for the grandkids

View from hotel window Nice room , excellent staff, Duxton

Kids drawings, the best part of the war museum Street seller

Houses On footpath near our hotel

Jackfruit tree Bikes carry everything

That lovely temple

Gary inside

The temple, a mix of many religions

The colourful priests

A dangerous trap

Entrance hole

Airhole

Graveyard

Markets (this one Ben Thanh)

Baby Spoon Cafe near market, such service.

drinks at hotel

Lights for Natinal Day, on the 39th of April

Cashew nut fruits

Fruit & tea tray on Sampan (Mekong)

The lucky eye on ship

making caramel puffed rice

Making rice paper for wraps

Our " luxury??) sampan

floating market

All kids should see these , living on the Mekong canals

Lunch in the Mekong

the elephant ear fish lunch

walking to hotel

Gary, "You buy my shirt?"Saigon square

Nice view from Highlander Coffee, Saigon Centre

Birthday girl at Highlander near Hotel

Butterfly garden at Singapore Changi, Terminal 3.