Rose and Sam's Excellent Adventure

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Reflection: Tailors

Rose | July 5, 2009

Xin Chao!
So, several months ago when we were in Hoi An with vague ideas about teaching English in Hanoi, assuming that we would need suits and pretty formal attire, we – you may recall- bought quite a lot of tailored clothes. It turns out that the Just Kids attire is jeans/shorts and t-shirts, and has [...]

Da Nang Motorcycle Ride

Sam | March 17, 2009

Xin Chao bitchez!
Rented a Yamaha Sirius and headed North about 30 klms to Da Nang this morning. The road was fairly good on the way without too much craziness (relative to what, I’m unsure) and the bike engine was fairly new and ran smoothly with the luxury of disk brakes!
The few klms leading into the [...]

Hoi An Tailor Madness

Sam | March 13, 2009

Howdy.
We’re in Hoi An, as you probably already know. And what’s Hoi An famous for? Their populous of 500 tailors. Good or bad? Good question.
As this is Vietnam, and the home of the “It’s ok, numbah one special price good quality new!” about 450 of those tailors will make you a sack out of [...]

Ooh Hurro Hoi An!

Sam | March 11, 2009

First off, I’ve uploaded more photos. Check out the photos page. I also noticed I didn’t upload anything from Dalat, and all my motorcycle photos haven’t been uploaded so I’ll do those tonight. Watch that space.
We ended up catching the surreal night sleeper bus out of Nha Trang last night at 7pm and were thrown [...]