Jono and I took a trip to Phu Quoc island for my birthday. I had always wanted to go to the island and have the cocktails on the beach experience, and I did. When we arrived in Vietnam at the beginning of 2018 I went to do a teaching English as a second language course. …
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It’s an F’n classroom!
First week of my grade 2 class in the new year, and they need a bit of … Training. Some of the kids know each other, some know of each other and one or 2 are just new. I think my students have a good idea of the personalities that they all have. I teach …
Day 10-13: So we slacked a bit, but back on track
Jonathan: I really needed the toilet in the above photo. Denise: I noticed the guy in the red. Jonathan: Hoi An was a lovely place to just chill. We did nothing on our day off, and much of the afternoon was spent in the horizontal allowing for our bodies to just relax. I was also …
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Day 9- Hoi…An … Rest
Jonathan: Rest and chilling. That is all I had on my mind during today’s trip from Hué to Hoi An. It was a short 135km where we passed through the popular Hai Van Pass. It featured on the Top Gear special when they rode through Vietnam, except they put their bikes on a train ;). …
Day 8 – Pampered
Denise: There is no denying that I was brought up in a comfortable environment, even when we would go camping in SA, we had a caravan and we were fortunate to travel. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a spoilt brat, I am easy going, enjoy going out of my comfort zone and not …
Day 6 and 7 – Our butts hate us even more.
Denise: Meet Gin, a very cute and friendly 3 year old we met in Phong Nha when we stopped to change the oil and lubricate the chain. Jonathan: He is super cute. In a nutshell, he just randomly walked up to Ness for a hug when we had our oil changed for the bike. Also, …
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Day 5 – An Ass Whippin’
Denise: 259.5km on a bike. 5 hours on the road. Ouch, ouch, ouch!! Imagine your 2 bum bones, you know the 2 round like bones (they could not even be bones, I dunno), they have been put on the floor as you sit and dug into the earth in a rotating motion… For 5 hours. …
Day 4 – Tree house!
Denise: We are here! In a tree house, we’re sleeping in a tree house tonight! We have travelled from Hanoi to Pu Luong, it took us about 6 and a half ours to get here. MY ASS, MAN!! FFS! But then this is what the destination is, absolutely worth it. Jonathan: The main roads were …
Day 3: A (Phở)k Load of Food
Jonathan: Thank goodness we decided to ride to Hanoi today. The bike needed a lot of work and is currently ready for the trek to the South. Let’s not list all the work that was done to it as I’ll have little to no knowledge of what I’m talking about. Also, it makes me woefully …
Day 2 – The SA Tays are back!
Ho Chi Minh to Bai Chai Denise: Another early morning… We took a two and a half hour flight to a brand new airport in the North of Vietnam called Van Don. The airplanes were new and the airport smelt just as new.We took a rocket bus (Yes, the kind a honey badger would take, …
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