Monday 24 May 2010

Catriona Walking

Catriona's getting more confident now and is walking unassisted. I've put some video up here.

The rainy season still hasn't started, so we're still suffering the incredible heat. We'll all be heading to Mui Ne beach on the 17th June for a couple of days. It'll still be hot but not so unbearable when you're in the pool!

The following week, CC & I have a couple of days to ourselves on Con Dao Island. It's an unspoiled area of Vietnam and as yet has little tourism. That is set to change over the next few years, with top end resorts opening up, but we want to see it before all that happens!

The World Cup is almost upon us, so that'll be a busy time for the bar. A lot of the games start at 1:30am VN time, so we'll have a few late nights ahead of us...

On a separate note, can't believe what was happening in Bangkok last week. Terrible. CC's sisters are due to go to Phuket soon and were originally planning a stop in Bangkok for shopping. Even though they've declared its over, I reckon better to be safe and avoid Bangkok. Phuket should be fine though, its far removed from the troubles of Bangkok.

Last week I introduced the Glendronach 12Yr Single Malt to the Saigon Single Malt Society. It wasn't the night's favourite but was well received. The Glendronach Distillery is in Forgue, near Huntly, where a lot of my mum's ancestors were born including my great grandfather.

Friday 7 May 2010

Phuc's Wedding

At this time of year, Ho Chi Minh City is unsufferably hot. It's the lead-up to the wet season and temperatures are reaching over 40°C.

So it was a welcome relief to go to Dalat for the weekend and escape the sweltering heat in HCMC.

We were going to Dalat for Phuc and Vy's wedding. We drove up 8 hours along with CC's family - her dad, brother, sisters and nieces.

CC, Cat and I had a great weekend away, although 8 hours in a minibus with Catriona proved to be quite trying! We don't relish the first time we fly back to the UK with Catriona...

There are some photos from our Dalat trip here.

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