Walking the neighbourhood

We did three walks around District 3 today, reacquainting ourselves with Vietnamese life. On our first walk we went out for coffee and then walked past the Archbishop's Residence, where we saw an amazing blue-headed lizard. 

We also went to the local Co-op a couple of times to pick up supplies. The supermarket's plastic bags have provoked a couple of negative comments from local street sellers, obviously feeling the financial effects.

Arrived!

After the champagne came the hard work of packing, cleaning, painting and moving things into storage. Then a week + of enjoying a wonderful time catching up with family and friends. The last 2 days we've had in Darwin, learning how to perspire again. It was a real surprise to see how beautiful Darwin was (in places). A frontier town but we had some great food. Had a fab time as tacky tourists at Crocosaurus Cove - until we saw that the baby croc you could hold for a photo was kept in a cupboard! And now we're in our apartment in HCMC. As per usual, M has done a great job of finding a wotif gem. 

View of Mindil Beach

last night

9 sq m and falling

Another load of boxes delivered to the lock-up this afternoon. I've had John Lennon singing 'imagine no possessions, it's easy if you try' in my head - yeah, right, he never had to pack up a whole house, I'm sure. Nature highlight of the day was witnessing a butterfly mating dance.