We were at the pool at 8am! Our last day and we wanted to make the most of it... 12.30 Time to dry off :-( and start packing...a lovely chilled last session by the pool. 2pm Lunch at the Hotel 3pm Leave for The airport... 7.30pm: Now currently in Lucky cafe 2 restaurant in Hanoi airport. The flight from Da Nang was an hour and we now have a 6 hour transit wait till our flight to LGW! Kids were very keen to go back into Hanoi city and have dinner at New Day,...

Another lovely lazy morning spent chilling by the pool. Lunch by the pool... Afternoon spent by the beach. Emma, Jake and Jack surfing the waves again. No jellyfish incidents today. Unfortunately the rain stopped all the fun at 2.30pm. Back to our room to watch the Olympics, an exciting women's beach volleyball (RUS vs ITAL) 5pm hotel shuttle bus into Hoi An. Picked up Jake's shirt...very smart! Re visited the gong shop where we bought a gong to see if t...

Emma and Jake made me promise to wake them up at 3am to watch the London Olympics 2012 opening ceremony ! Picture the scene...3am, kids and I are snuggled up under a duvet in our TV lounge area (Damian has a sore throat and decides he needs to sleep) waiting in anticipation. We are tuned into BBC world...no coverage. We switch to CNN...no coverage! Arghhhhh! We then start flicking...and find Star Sports live. Hooray, they have coverage but the sound is awful, th...

A 6.30am wake up call today! Picked up at 7.30 and driven to just outside of Hoi An to meet Van, who runs The Green Bamboo cooking school. Today she taught us how to cook 4 dishes that we had pre chosen. Me: chicken curry in a coconut sauce Damian: morning glory (water spinach) and pork cooked in a clay pot Emma: fried spring rolls with vegetables, shrimp and pork Jake: BBQ chicken skewers We were joined by Daniel, an aussie actor hoping to make it big in ...

Emma and Jake both up at 6.30am! Both desperate to get breakfast done and hit the beach and pool! We were at the poolside at 8.30am! The pool is lovely, lots of different sections to it making it interesting to swim around. The beach is idyllic. A lazy, relaxing day. Lunch at the Hotel beach house restaurant. I finished "50 shades" and need to get sequel 2 as soon as we get home!!!! Jake provided us with the "moments" of the day. While tucking into his tara...