Extraordinary to Extra Ordinary – Saigon

Posted by reasons on Jan 23, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food, Other Places | 0 comments

  Already more than twenty days into the New Year! From writing about two or three hikes a week I am shrunk to one ‘every so often’....

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Cooking Bánh Xeo

Posted by reasons on Jan 13, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Food, Other Places | 2 comments

I am frequently asked ‘what do you like most about Ho Chi Minh’.  The answer: food and people. And in the absence of mountains my ‘social...

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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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Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park

Posted by reasons on Dec 22, 2014 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Photos, Walking | 0 comments

‘Only just opening up’.  It was this accolade which made Phong-Nha Ke Bang National Park my first trip out of Ho Chi Minh.  Quang Binh...

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