The REAL Kangaroo Cafe in Ha Noi

27/04/2024

It certainly is hot up here in Ha Noi too !!!

Rains with thunderstorms may strike central Vietnam during noon and afternoon in the coming time

27/02/2024

This heartbreaking story just popped up on my FB memories page.

Our many friends & customers know well the constant drama we've had since we opened with the Lying Planet & then later with Trick Advisor.

Both mobs are absolutely rotten to the core & this tragic story is simply more evidence of it.

The scoundrels that are absolutely responsible for & lied about the deaths of these 3 young tourists are given rave reviews by both rotten mobs.

Both LP & TA did all they could to prop & cover up for the disgusting company.

Even worse is that the Trick Advisors offshoot travel mob not only sell tours for the crooked mob that killed the 3 young tourists but they did so in the week after the tragedy & ever since too.

Online reviews are nearly all done only for money & we're always happy to help with unconditional advice.

Young tourists died after being swept over 15-metre drop during river-slide ride

24/02/2024

Now here's an article that really is worth a read.

This bit has been rumoured about for many years too !!!

"The PM also instructed the agencies to consider issuing long-term and multiple-entry visas from 12 to 36 months to attract wealthy foreign retirees from Europe, Northeast Asia, North America, India, and some Middle Eastern countries."

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed immigration agencies to consider waiving visas for visits of six to 12 months for people coming from wealthy countries to drive tourism recovery.

24/02/2024

These Cat Ferries are sensational.

The speedboat will be able to transport more than 1,000 passengers for a distance of approximately 230 kilometers in around five hours

15/01/2024

Lai Chau isn't too far from Ha Noi & it's well worth the trouble too.

In northwest Vietnam, Sin Suoi Ho Village embraces sustainable living, blending Hmong traditions with nature, providing travelers with an eco-friendly retreat.

09/10/2023

I first met Glen Farina on the day he started work at Uncle Morry's in 1979 or '80.

He told me he played guitar & we spoke about the various people we liked.

I mentioned Billy Joel & he said he liked him too & so then I asked which song of his he liked the best & it was the same as my favourite too, the magnificent & quite remarkable Summer Highland Falls.

Glen BTW, is my favourite guitarist of all time & has played on many albums & backed countless local & visiting artists in his amazing career.

In Australia he's known simply as "The Gun" & for very, very good reason too.

He's as good a friend as he is a Muso & I'm a very, very lucky bloke I know.

* They say that these are not the best of times but they're the only times I've ever known

And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own

Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes & I can only stand apart and sympathise

For we are always what our situations hand us, it's either sadness or euphoria

So we'll argue and we'll compromise & realise that nothing's ever changed

For all our mutual experience our separate conclusions are the same

Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity, a reason coexists with our insanity & though we choose between reality and madness

It's either sadness or euphoria

How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies, perhaps we'll don't fulfill each other's fantasies

And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives with our respective similarities ......

It's either sadness or euphoria.

In 1971, Billy Joel released his first album titled Cold Spring Harbor. Listen to Billy Joel perform the track 'Summer, Highland Falls'.http://smarturl.it/BJ...

06/10/2023

Of course I'm on the YES team, it's an absolute no brainer !!!

There is a rather strong quote by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht that for me drives home the point of how economics and politics are inseparable.

“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events.

He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions.

The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics.

The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the pr******te, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”

19/08/2023

Congratulations to all the magnificent Vietnamese people.

As we say in Viet Nam .....

Hồ Chi Minh & Viet Nam forever !!!

* On August 19, the Việt Minh took control over the capital city of Hanoi. This day is now celebrated as the anniversary of the August Revolution.

However, the revolution was officially over on September 2, when the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was established.

The August Revolution (Vietnamese: Cách-mạng tháng Tám), also known as the August General Uprising (Vietnamese: Tổng khởi-nghĩa giành chính-quyền tháng Tám, lit. 'the Total uprising to seize power in August'), was a revolution launched by the Việt Minh (League for the Independenc...

31/07/2023

Travel hasn't gotten any easier over the years unfortunately & nowadays there's scams like this to be wary of.

Please be careful & as always we're happy to help with good, free & current advice.

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11/07/2023

The Naked Hungry Traveller is a very honest & wonderful resource.

They posted this in about 2016 & things are worse nowadays.

Please be very careful with ALL of the review sites & publications.

Ever been fooled by a rave restaurant review? Marina O’Loughlin has – and that’s just the start of her problems with the site

08/06/2023

We always reply to emails we receive but more often than not our replies end up in your Spam/Junk folder !!!

Please check there because every customer is a VIP to us.

01/04/2023

This looks like being a bit of a sure thing & will be good too especially the Multi Entry option for those wishing to pop over to Thailand, Laos etc & then leave via Viet Nam.

It'll almost certainly work out cheaper in Air Fares now with so many good deals from Australia to Viet Nam on offer.

The government announced it will propose the National Assembly to prolong the duration of e-visas granted to foreigners entering Vietnam from 30 days to a maximum of three months to boost tourism recovery.