Itchy Feet: Perth

So guys, I realise I have been seriously out if it for the past few weeks.

My excuse is a pretty valid one I hope - Bali doesn't do high-speed internet. nope. no way.

They do trickling along waiting an hour for google to load type internet.

So blogging was seriously out of the question.

SO, to catch-up I am going to do a long photo blog...

leaving Hanoi, arriving in Bali, leaving Bali, arriving in Perth.

My next one will be more focused and meaningful, I promise.

I left Hanoi with few tears.

A trip to Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum was obviously in order before I left.

Following very strict rules (hands by your sides, no hesitation as you walk round his body, no laughing, no smiling, no talking, no bags, no camera's etc.) I walked round his yellow very waxy looking body all silent and peaceful. It seemed a good way to end my time in Hanoi.

I then went back to the Hanoi army museum (hadn't quite got my fill of Vietnam war propaganda), where I met some Vietnamese students on a school trip who were enthralled by my SLR and asked if they could try using it...

you can decide whether they were successful in their phototography skills!

Bali. Very different to Vietnam (thank goodness), and a really lovely holiday. One thing remained the same though - animals on the streets. But instead of rats skuttling along the streets eating up the rubbish and god offerings, we had goats.

Personally, goats over rats any day.

Luscious rice fields and volcanoes. That's how I will remember it. Viewed the volcanoes (Batur) from a distance...

And then as close as you can get without getting your feet hot :)

well, not really, but it was raining and I couldn't be bothered to go on a 4 hour trek in the rain up to the crater.

umm, more animals. But more interesting this time. Ubud monkey forest. I always thought I liked monkeys...but after this rather traumatic trip, I reckon i've changed my mind.