Is the suspense killing you Dave?, it certainly is killing me.

Kind of like in Apollo 13 when they pass back into the atmosphere and lose radio contact.

 

No doubt

 

You're concern is touching TK and Woof.............thanks.

Tonight is the last night in Saigon, Mrs SB and I have been out for a lovely dinner with a few Tiger beers, now getting ready to pack and head off in the morning for 24 hours of travel back to the (now) sunny, Adelaide Hills. I must admit, we both are not looking forward to it, I will have to start at 5 AM the morning after we get home assessing stonefruit and mangoes at the Pooraka market................... Then 2 days later fly (on a Sunday!) to Canberra for a 2 day meeting.

Who'd work for a living when you could do this instead???

We are going to miss Vietnam and already are planning a return in the not-too-distant future. Any other guys want to come back with us?

I had a complete computer meltdown a couple of days ago, pressed a button that I shouldn't have, and have just recovered the operating system, but have lost all the photographs and videos from Vietnam (not to mention a hell of a lot of work material) . And for some reason Photobucket has failed me completely. I will be using a deep data recovery program when I return to Australia. See how that goes, I used it on a section of the drive and recovered in raw format about 25% of the trip pictures.

I'd like to thank you all for your support - for following the blog and making us laugh with your comments. You guys are great!

I took a 3 or 4 minute video of the traffic going home from work just on dusk tonight and will post that and the recovered (hopefully) photographs for the last few days in Ha Noi and Saigon - they are completely different cities, different feel both from the political and commercial sense and we decided tonight if we worked in Vietnam, Ha Noi it would be.

So, guys and gals with that we will sign off from the blog in Vietnam and as we have an 8 hour stop over in Singapore may check in from there.
I would also like to acknowledge my beautiful travelling partner, who took the trip, good and bad in her stride with a grace that can only elude the 'Bear. She is my hero.


Cheers, The Travelling 'Bears

 

Thank you both for the journey. What an adventure! You inspire with your spirit and sense of wonder. Your humor and companionship shine, even in the monsoon like rains. What a team, and we are so lucky to have been part of this trip. All the best to you on the way back home...and the computer recovery.

 

Many thanks SB and Mrs SB - a wonderful journey for you; both in VN and no doubt your relationship with each other.

For us, the avid addicted observers, what a sensational trip we've been on!

Thank you.

 

Home

Two very tired, very dishevelled (and probably very smelly) travellers picked up at the airport by me Ma, debriefed at my folks place over a coffee, then slept most of the afternoon.

We had an 8 hour stop-over in Singapore and did a tour of the city which was just beautiful. As we both haven't stayed in that city for a few years, it made it back on the to-do list again.

Now, to get into the mindset to get up at 4 AM tomorrow morning and head into the markets

I'll see tonight how many of the 'wiped' photos can be retrieved.

Cheers, SB

PS: I did sneak out into the shed and hug and start the CBR1000F - a few jabs of the starter and it purred into life

 

Good to see you have come back from the dark side Seb, welcome home; relax, kick back and take the time to savor your adventures.

Well done mate, you have obviously kept many of us enthralled and looking forward to your daily posts. We're all going have to get a new hobby now.

 

So, this we have been waiting for...............

The watch as you know was won by Hawkwind who passed it onto Mrs Bear - and the photo is coming Hawkwind I promise, it's stuck in RAW format in the resurected drive - so Mrs SB allocated the watch to another 'winner' and posted it from Ha Noi.

Today we got this in the mail................



Ahhhh...............Mistar and Missus Bear,

Yu very,very sneeky......we go tu Post Offrice tuday and we hav parsal tu cowect! Parsal *** fwom Vietnam......Ahh, very big surplise for us!

We get very excite, go home and open parsal up! Ahh..........we find genuwin adidas watch inside. First we think this exquisite timepiece, buutaful watch for us........ahh....... not so buutaful tho, it not work, it useless! It not "timepiece" it "timeless". Yu say we runner up, this is prize, it not work, it gane time! But still very appresheate! Ahh..........Kerri say it good , we be early all tha time, never late!

We want flower, why no flower?.........ahh........norty man at Post Office must pinch flower!

Ahh.......yu give very, very big surplise tu us.........ahh.......... yu very buutaful and funny( we meen nice way!) peeple.

We say big thank yu from bottom of hart!

Wob and Kez xx


Robyn and Kerri live in Mount Torrens - about 15 or so kilometres from us and are trying to join CBRF but are having problems getting past the enrolment details - the date of birth gives them grief and throws them out. Any Administrator is more than welcome to look into this.

Now, just about all the promised requirements have been met from the Vietnam Journey. We know TK got his postcard as did Montana Matt - Woof did you get yours? And Hawkwind I will post that picture in the next week.

Cheers, SB

 

And while I'm reminiscing about our fantastic journey I do have one regret...............

That I did not buy this exquisite padded derriere and



Wear them outside my kevlar jeans

I would have looked very, very special

Cheers, SB

 

No receivee posticard. Much unhappiness