Hello all, Another blog but this time from within Australia. I planned to visit my daughter/son in law and grandchildren this month and thought why not combine this with a relaxed trip via roads I have read about in a variety of motorcycle magazines. My daughter lives close to Canberra (between Sydney and Melbourne) and with close proximity to the Australian Alps. As usual I will be riding my motorcycle in favour of using a car because, although the destinatio...

At 7.30 this morning I got into my taxi. The old quarter of Hanoi is a maze of streets and at this time a hive of activity. The pick-up was arranged by Sidney of Friends Travel; (a travel agent/coffee shop run by an "on the ball" Dutchman) and arrived exactly as requested at 7.30 am. The airport is about 35 km away of which about 18 km is built up area of the outer suburbs of Hanoi. Incredibly though, I arrived at he airport, through check-in, immigration/customs...