Saigon, or as it’s now known, Ho Chi Minh City, is a port city, and so it’s been settled by many different peoples, merchants and traders over the centuries. Khmer fishermen lived here before the Nguyen Dynasty came in. Later French colonists, looking for a trading post in SE Asia, seized the city and declared… Continue reading Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City
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Vietnam Videos
*** We have many more posts on Vietnam still to come ~ watch this space! *** We spent six weeks in Vietnam during February/March 2017. We very much enjoyed meeting the people, learning a little about the different cultures around the country, including some of the ethnic minorities in central and NW Vietnam. Oh and… Continue reading Vietnam Videos
Terrific Timor-Leste!
In July 2016, we went to the small country of Timor-Leste, in the Coral Triangle, with Blue Ventures. Our mission was to spend six weeks diving in the most bio-diverse marine system in the world.
Western Australia Roadtrip
We have seen the beginnings of life on Earth. In a secluded corner of Western Australia, within Shark Bay, near Useless Loop, is Hamelin Pool. And here are stromatolites.