We're off on our next adventure shortly ... our first trip to Vietnam. We've booked the flights, got accommodation in Hoi An for 5 nights at the Hoi An Trails Resort, then 3 nights at the Tan Hai Long 3 in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). I've been checking out info about Vietnam on Tripadvisor, which is an excellent travel site - I've used it heaps of times for info on Thailand, Vanuatu, Europe, as well as Australia. It's really good for getting reviews about hotels, places to visit, good food etc. Love it!
We've had our immunisations, got our visas, our tickets, all we have to do is change some money ($US and Vietnamese Dong!) pack our bags and we're ready. Kirsti & Sheep and Lorraine & Bill are coming with us, so it should be a fun trip. And, of course, we're practising some Vietnamese words and phrases so we can have wonderful conversations with the locals.... I'll try to post some photos and rivetting information on this site as we go, so I can keep in touch with everyone.
Yes, the rain definitely set in. We discussed going west towards Innamincka, checked weather reports and found that rain was forecast out west for the next few days. We checked Lightning Ridge, and found the same thing. So we decided that if it was going to rain in every direction, we might as well head homewards. It's not much fun camping in the rain - unless there's a group of you and you can all be wet and miserable together!
We had planned to have another dip in the pools before we left, but the rain had made our campsite a soggy mess, and we figured we should just drop the camper as quickly as we would while there was a break in the rain, then head south. As you can see, I really enjoy packing up a wet campervan....
So, on to Dubbo, (through fog and rain) got there early so had a cuppa and something to eat at the visitor centre, then travelled on to Wellington to make it our last stop before arriving home. I did not want to unpack the wet camper for our last night, so we stopped at a motel for the night. Well, I have to say I've seen better motels .... cost us $70 for the night, and the wallpaper was peeling off the walls, the multicoloured carpet had multicoloured stains to match, the two seats had stains on them, and the plastic showerscreen absolutely reeked of mould when you turned the hot water on - very attractive. And..... you won't believe this, but the TV screen had NO REMOTE! It's true - to change channels we actually had to cross the room and push a button! And to make matters even worse, not only did it have no remote, but it also had no/very poor reception on whatever channels it managed to pick up. Won't be staying there again - ever!
Had dinner at the local Soldiers Club - pretty good, then back to our gorgeous motel. Got up reasonably early the next morning and headed for home. Looking forward to seeing our kids/grandkids, and sleeping in our own bed. It's great to go away, but it's always nice to get home. Now, we just have to unpack,clean up and wash the campervan and rangie, do all the washing, restock the fridge and pantry..... ouch, too much work!
We're off on our next adventure shortly ... our first trip to Vietnam. We've booked the flights, got accommodation in Hoi An for 5 nights at the Hoi An Trails Resort, then 3 nights at the Tan Hai Long 3 in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). I've been checking out info about Vietnam on Tripadvisor, which is an excellent travel site - I've used it heaps of times for info on Thailand, Vanuatu, Europe, as well as Australia. It's really good for getting reviews about hotels, places to visit, good food etc. Love it!
We've had our immunisations, got our visas, our tickets, all we have to do is change some money ($US and Vietnamese Dong!) pack our bags and we're ready. Kirsti & Sheep and Lorraine & Bill are coming with us, so it should be a fun trip. And, of course, we're practising some Vietnamese words and phrases so we can have wonderful conversations with the locals.... I'll try to post some photos and rivetting information on this site as we go, so I can keep in touch with everyone.
