It's been a year since out trip. Now planing a trip to Canada for my son's wedding to my favourite daughter in law! Can't wait for August!

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So how do you think I went with wearing my pashmina in Vietnam?

And how about Katie in Darwin?

I would say these are a fabulous accompaniment to any trip!

One of our favourite tourist games!

Ok, the game involves guessing where the other tourists are from based on their outfits. Some of the key items to watch for include the sandals (particularly with socks), vests and and bum bags:

More Natural and Not So Natural Disasters!

Since we left home on 21 Feb there has been a plethora of natural disasters. These include floods, cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis.

I now hear that there has been a major (super) earthquake in Japan registering 8.9 on the Richter Scale , with flow on tsunami warnings for Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Hawaii, PNG, Solomon Islands, Australia and more.

Is this normal for this time of year?

There has also been an unprecedented uprising in North Africa including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Morrocco and Algeria.

Is there something going on that we do not understand? Perhaps we need a wider range of trip outfits than we originally envisaged!

My Fusion Pakistani/Vietnamese Suit

This is the web address for the tailor we used and loved!

http://www.visithoian.com/vncolour.html

Here is a picture of my favourite outfit so far. It is a bit of a mix of a Pakistani Salwar Kameez and the Vietnamese Ao Dai! Then there is the necessary blend of the trip advisor's savoir faire!!

Trip Advisor's idea to take off in Canberra

Good ideas travel fast - it seems the ACT is to have an ice skating rink in Garema Place! It is to be completed by July this year and will be open day and night! Perhaps we could import our skating outfits (like the one pictured) from Da Nang to Canberra!

Trip Advisor has an Idea!

After much serious consideration, frivolity and straight-out falling-down laughter with Timo and his friend Wendy, the trip advisor forged a brilliant idea to build an ice skating rink in Da Nang. Of course the original idea was Timo's but Wendy and I built on it and took it to where it is today. Katie provided some input but was a little too tired to really participate in this lunacy - due to too much shopping!!!

See above a rough sketch of what we're talking about. Snow and ice are a subject of extreme curiosity in Vietnam. The rink will be solar powered and use recycled grey water from the huge feature laundromat on site. Skating outfits can be designed, fitted and completed in 2 hours and the skates can be colour matched to all outfits, in 15 mins. Kakaoke will de rigueur and can be done whilst skating, along with a slide show for our sponsors.