The onboard ramblings of a Battery Hen
Mandy: 7th / 8th October 2014 During our flight ….. Well as we all sat in small seats looking up patiently waiting to be fed as the trolley went by I did feel a bit like a caged animal of Read More …
Category: ‘Gap Year’
Deja Vu
Mandy: 7th Oct 2014 With a heavy heart, an even heaver back pack and the man of my dreams (no not George Clooney!!!) I head towards Heathrow airport…..again!! Eleven months ago Glen and I returned to the UK to be Read More …
Working during our GAP year – December 2013
So what fool works during her gap year? …….in her own country!Cheese Mug shot packed in readiness…. Happy memories Craig DonovanCirc Spreadsheets …….brace yourself!!!!
To be continued……….
Glen and Mandy: November 2013 Whilst we were in Can Tho, on Tuesday 29th October, Dad told us that he needed an urgent operation so on the 1st November we flew back to the UK. Thankfully he is making a Read More …
Butchers ‘Shops’ – first six months – April – November 2013
I am dedicating this blog post to my lovely Dad who, until two weeks ago, had been a butcher “man and boy” as he says, in the same village shop for 65 years. From a Saturday boy aged eleven, full Read More …
Can Tho – Mekong Delta
Glen: 27th October – 1st November Can Tho is the forth largest city in Vietnam and is known for it’s floating markets and picturesque canals. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see them or much of Can Tho! Mandy was already Read More …
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Mandy: 22nd – 27th October On Tuesday we took a car back to Denang from Hoi An and had a short one hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Our hotel was in the busiest street in the District Read More …
Hoi An
Mandy: Saturday 12th………. Blurb…..Hoi An is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Ancient Town is a well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. There are Japanese Merchant houses and the ‘Japanese Read More …
Danang
Mandy: 9th – 12th October We arrived at our hotel in Danang. I’ll never get tired of saying that word! …..Danang! (Smile) it was called the Orange Hotel which, as Glen pointed out, is a strange name considering the history. Read More …
Hue, Vietnam
Mandy: 3rd – 8th October Our first, and the main, tourist attraction in Hue, the Imperial Citadel. We decided to put a photo of the fish in the lake at the Citadel instead of the Citadel itself. Bless the Read More …