Happy New Year (Solar and Lunar)!

A belated Happy New Year to everyone! It's been a month since our last post and its passed quickly.

We were all in HCM for Hogmanay - we started off in the newly-opened Hard Rock Cafe for a late lunch and followed up with a bit of a pub crawl round the bars in District 1, finishing up in The Drunken Duck. We had a great crowd in there and we saw in the bells. By 2:30am, CC & I were ready for our beds!

My New Year's Resolution had to be postponed by a day, as we all went out to Richard Skene's house in An Phu for a barbecue on the 1st. I spent most of it in the pool and Catriona thoroughly enjoyed getting her feet wet. She had a bit of a cold so we couldn't take her swimming unfortunately.

As of the 2nd January, it was down to business - get fit for trekking in February. Four of us are flying to Myanmar for a 12 day trek into the Himalayas to climb Mt Phongun Razi (3,635m/11,925ft). Over the last 4 weeks, I've managed to lose 9kgs (~20lbs) in the gym (and no beer!) and think I'm ready for the trip...

Catriona has her Sunday routine now - we have a good swimming pool near the apartment which has a sandy beach area and is perfect for her to paddle around and play with the sand. She has no fear of the water, which is great.

We're starting to make the apartment baby-proof - it hasn't taken her long to get the hang of her walker and she follows us around the apartment all the time now.

It's not long until Lunar New Year (the Year of the Tiger). I'll be somewhere in Myanmar. CC and Catriona will be down in the Mekong Delta with CC's family celebrating Tet.

In case I don't blog before Tet: Chuc Mung Nam Moi! (Happy New Year!)