New Year’s Day 2015

Posted by reasons on Jan 5, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places | 0 comments

  As the the inner districts of Ho Chi Minh sprawl to nearly 500km2 , and I live pretty close to the centre, it is hardly a hop and...

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Fourteen from 2014

Posted by reasons on Dec 31, 2014 in Blog, Cumbria, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places, Walking | 0 comments

Facebook and Google have both taken it upon themselves to define my year, not quite as I would have done.  So I thought I’d give my own...

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Nuoc Mooc Eco Trail

Posted by reasons on Dec 13, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places, Walking | 0 comments

        My penultimate day in Phong Nha-Ke National  Park felt more like  the North West of England than Vietnam....

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Scrambling in a Mountain

Posted by reasons on Dec 12, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places, Walking | 6 comments

  At last I have climbed a mountain in Vietnam.  A real mountain not a metaphorical one.  Phong Ke Bang National Park is still...

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Phong Ke Bang National Park

Posted by reasons on Dec 8, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | 0 comments

  Out of HCMC and to Phong Ke Bang National Park.  Dramatic landscape.  Jagged mountains rise like ill kept molars from deep valleys and...

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