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Shopping in Saigon

Posted by on Mar 16, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food | 0 comments

Despite living in one of SE Asia’s purported meccas of shopping its not usually one of my favourite pastimes, nor how I would usually...

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Always Summer in Saigon

Posted by on Feb 6, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Nature, Other Places | 0 comments

A few flowers on the trees to remind the UK that sprint is just around the corner! Though I know many of you are enjoying the snow! If you...

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Bánh cuốn – Spring Rolls

Posted by on Feb 5, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food, Other Places | 0 comments

  Back in the kitchen for another cooking lesson. Spring rolls or bánh cuốn.  These I think I may be able to make at home. Provided I...

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Parks, Gardens and the Zoo

Posted by on Feb 2, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places | 0 comments

  Among the rattle of bikes, screeching of buses and malodorous fumes, Saigon has a liberal smattering of gardens, parks and green...

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New Year Preparation – Tết

Posted by on Jan 28, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food, Other Places | 0 comments

  Having just had the quietest and I must say cheapest, Festive Season ever, I am about to enter another. Vietnam, always up for a...

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