Tag: Saigon
WOO HOO – THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A HOLIDAY…
Soon to be built on the foreshore of DaNang’s My Khe Beach, the hotel everyone’s been waiting for. Where life is one long, kick-ass...
JUST MY LUCK TO LOB AT DANANG BEACH ON “VIETNAM IRONMAN” WEEKEND…
I shall prudently wait a couple of days before I strip down to my boardies and strut DaNang beach. For the sake of Australia’s...
SCOOTERS SCAT, HERE’S THE BIG BOYS’ BIKES…
DaNang: Must be the Vietnam chapter of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club’s weekend beachside meet. A bunch of happy, friendly blokes too. Motorbikes over...
LUNCH WITH THE LOCALS…
Ho Chi Minh city workers’ meal US$1 BBQ chicken: snippets of crunchy, salt encrusted mostly skin fat, salad, hot rice and small vegie soup....
CAFFEINE DRIP FEED
The morning heart-starter is a mini filter coffee. The hot brew drips from the tiny top canister into the glass below. Energy, drip by...
I GOT A TIGER IN MY TANK…
… and I’m king of the road again.(apologies to David Dundas, “Jeans On”, 1976) Taking in the ceaseless, frenetic bio-rhythm of Saigon’s “tourism central”...