Merry Christmas

Christmas Day has been and gone and we had a quiet relaxing day with Dad, Dorklag, Pete and Annie. Mac and Alex, 2 mates in Hanoi popped by for a festive drink but in all it was a lazy day with too much food and drink.

Tom and Claire won't remember much of it either all though they did like the wrapping paper and are more than equipped to hit the beach with all their new swimwear when the weather warms up.

We hope everyone had a good one and who knows where we'll be next year.

2007 Christmas Day

December Pics

December's photos

December has been a busy month so there are a few December albums, one for the Mui Ne Beach holiday and another for the Birthday Bash and that leaves the what few ordinary days we had.

Happy Birthday to Us

That's right we have made it to the ripe old age of 1. Can hardly recall where the time went but it has certainly been a jam packed year.

Don't forget to look at our web album using the link on the side of the page, but here are some snaps from our BIG Day!

2007 December 23rd Tom and Claire's 1st Birthday

Mui Ne

2007 December Mui Ne Beach Holiday

School is out and we are off to the beach. It was absolutely fantastic, relaxing and gave a new light on Vietnam.

Mui Ne is half way between Saigon and Nha Trang and is a quaint fishing village that has now been turned into a holiday mecca for the rich Saigonese. Having said this, we lived it up while we were there and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

The beaches are clean and there aren't too many hawkers and with the twins the little kids who are I guess about 12 years old trying to sell things completely forgot to put the hard deal on us and just sat on the sand and played with Tom and Claire.

In the heart of the fishing village people still use ox' to pull their haul like a horse and cart or more appropriately in a tractor as they had tonnes of things piled up. And the fishing boats are like big bamboo pots, about 2m in diameter out on the sea, no thankyou.

Well the kids got to swim in the sea and the pool, the grassy areas in the resort we were staying were terrific reprieve from the the dusty dirty tiles here in Hanoi and Claire became a little more steady on her feet.