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25.01.2022 We are currently in Hue, a little behind in posting pictures, here are some from our visit to Hanoi. We visited Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum plus several museums then on to Tran Quoc Paoda, Temple of Literature and Jade then a cyclo around the Old Quarter. That evening we attended the "Ionah Show" amazing acrobatic and dancing . The next day we went to Ninh Binh to explore the countryside and take a boatride through limestone caves and have a meal with a local family. The folling day we moved on to Halong Bay..

24.01.2022 Some photos from Kutaisi.

24.01.2022 Photos of our trip up to Mestia.

24.01.2022 In Changi Airport Singapore on way to Myanmar

24.01.2022 We moved on to Inle Lake, what an amazing place, so tranquil, we all really relaxed. You are drived arou d the lake in open boats, with simple moters. I would dub it the Bamboo Venice of Asia. They grow vegitables on floating gardens. Supply 60% of the tomatoes growen in Myanmar. These are pictures from day 1. Khin was our guide and did an excelent job, there is a picture of her with a long necked lady.

22.01.2022 Day 2 of our wildlife adventures,with a Game Drive in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi game Reserve. We called it Rhion Day as we saw lots and lots of rhinoceros plus many other game.We had a very early start up at 4.30am so we could be at the park by 6am. Enjoy the pictures.

22.01.2022 Pyin Oo Lwin is a hill town outside of Mandalay where the British Colonial residents use to retreat to during the Hot Burma Summer. The main reasons to go there is to see the Gokteik Rail viaduct and the Kandawgyi Gardens. Was an interesting visit, cooler and a good time was had on the train. Some pictures including some of the British Calonial homes.

22.01.2022 Our visit to the Mekong Delta included Ben Tre rural area and the Can Tho city area. We spent time on the river and its tributaries visiting brick-works, coconut processing factory, and an interesting bicycle ride. The next day we were up early to visit the Can Tho floating market, this was followed by a visit to a rice noodle factor we then headed back to Saigon to visit Notre Dame Cathedral built in 1880 and the Post Office built in 1886.

21.01.2022 We have been out of WiFi contact for some days so some catching up to do. Firstly we arrived in Mestia on Wednesday Janette Mott's birthday which we celebrated on Thursday with a night out at Lile Bar and the Lile's Georgian Folk Group. This is a short video of the Georgian Folk Band.

21.01.2022 Here are some photos of our visit to Halong Bay. We spent three days and two nights relaxing and taking in the amazing landscape. The boat we were on, Pelican 1, was well equipped and the food was again excellent. Enjoy.

20.01.2022 Our first full day in Tbilisi the capital of Georgia. We had a very full day Samaba Cathedral, Metekhi Church Narikala Fortress, Bath Quarter and Sioni Cathedral. Tbilisi is a very old city with history going back to the 4th century but is also has some very modern structures such as the Peace Bridge. here are some photos of what we saw today.

19.01.2022 Falling a bit behind with our posts. These are pictures from Day 3, Still in wine country. Did some wine tasting and visited churches of course plus an old Russian Nobleman's house.

19.01.2022 Kruger National Park Game Drive. We were up early so we could be at the Park Gate by 6AM, temperature 8degrees C. This was an amazing day, just blown away by the number of animals we saw.

19.01.2022 Some more photos from our times in Kutaisi.

18.01.2022 We are currently in Johannesburg before starting the long flight home. Our last day in Victoria Falls saw some of us walking with Lions, others riding Elephants, viewing Venture feeding, flying over the Falls in a helicopter or having High Tea at the Historical Victoria Falls Hotel. We have many fond memories of an amazing trip.

14.01.2022 After our flight transiting through Singapore Airport with its fabulous orchid display we arrived at Ho Chi Minh City (Sigon to the locals). We had a welcome dinner that night put on by Tonkin Travel, excellent food in a French House built in 1948. After a good nights sleep we headed off to visit the Tunnels of Cu Chi followed by a visit to Tay Ninh to visit the spectacular Cao Dai Temple then back to Saigon for another excellent Vietnamese dinner.

14.01.2022 Might as well strike while the going is good. The intermet here is working well. Some pictures from our time in Mandalay.

12.01.2022 We now have our Minimum Number of people and a date for our 25-day Tour of Vietnam, Siem Reap/Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Luang Prabang in Laos. We are leaving on Sunday 12th Feburary 2017. The Itinerary will be Saigon-Mekong Delta-Siem Reap/Angkor Wat(Cambodia)-Luang Prebang(Laos)-Hanoi-Halong Bay (3 Day Cruise)-Hue-Hoian-Nha Trang-Dalat-Saigon. A full Itinerary and a copy of our Booking Form is available on this Link: - http://redcliffethirdagetourgroup.blogspot.com.au/ Th...ere may be some slight variation due to the fluctuation of the Aust$,and our Airfares. Otherwise the Cost will be $6000 including, Tour & Accommodation, Airfares to and from Australia, two Meals a day, Tips, and a Contingency Fund Fee of $200.The Deposit for the Land part of the Tour including Internal Airfares is $1350 the Remainder of the Tour Payment will be due on 12th Jan 2017. The other outlay at this stage will the International Airfare at between $950 and $1100 dependant on when we book. We will be holding a meeting to about the Tour, Deposits and Airfares at the U3A Redcliffe MRB (West) Classroom at 12.30PM Thursday 11th August. Look forward to seeing you there. Tony Nobbs Tour leader/Co-ordinator [email protected] See more

11.01.2022 We on our last day in Laos, off to Hanoi this evening, we arrived here on an ATR72 propeller aircraft (something different). Here are some pictures of our stay. We visited many temples, which were some of the most amazing Buddhist temples I have seen. We boated along the Mekong River, the "Mother River" of Southeast Asia. Visited small villages, Buddhist Caves, Morning markets and we got up early to give food to the Buddhist Monks as they walk the streets every morning, "a so...mewhat humbling" experience. We visited a Moon Bear rescue center where the bear are cared for when found in illegal trade, sadly the cannot be released back into the wild as they will just come back to the villages and captured again, this was followed by a visit to Tad Kungsi the local water fall where some of us had a swim in the limestone pool, quite a beautiful place. Again the food here has been amazing, we ate at a restaurant on the river where Barack Obama had lunch. I hope you enjoy the photos. See more

11.01.2022 Well folks its that time again, 11 of our U3A Redcliffe member, are off to Myanmar (Burma). We headed off on Monday 5th February on a Tour which will include G...olden Rock, Yangon, Bagan (the land of temples), Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin (Hill station), Inle lakes and back to Yangon. In all we will be away 17 days returning to Redcliffe on 21st February. We will try to keep you posted on our activities, including photos of our exploits. . See more

11.01.2022 On this day we were in Swaziland an independent nation surrounded by South Africa where we visited a Preschool that is supported by the Gate 1 Foundation. We brought items of food and school supplies and as part of our U3A donation two soccer balls. This was followed by a visit to a traditional dance show.

11.01.2022 After Kruger we headed off to Johannesburg, this was going to be our longest day on the road, 650km. On the way we visited a couple of tourist spots along Blyde River Canyon. Once in Joburg we visited Sowato, visited Nelson Mandela's House and some of the museums in that area.

10.01.2022 On this day the toup split into two groups 8 went off on The Cuckoo Train up through the forest from Borjomi. The rest of us headed off in the bus to Vardzia Cave City and Rabbat Fortress.

09.01.2022 A happy but somewhat weary group of travelers arrived back in Brisbane on Thursday, after our flight from Saigon. Have a little catching up to do on the photos so will en-devour to do this over the next few days. Here are some pictures from Hue which was the capital until 1945 and home of the Nguyen Emperors one of whom had 500 wives. They built the Citadel the seat of power and a walled capital some what similar to the Forbidden City in Beijing. We also visited some of the Emperors tombs. We finished off our visit with a typical Royal banquet including a presentation of ancient music. Carol & Max took the parts of Emperor & Empress..

09.01.2022 After Hue our next stop was Hoian which we reached by driving over the Hai Van Pass, which is suggested as in the Top 10 best drives in the world. We where guided by Tam (nickname Tim Tam), our best guide in the whole trip. Hoian is a UNESCO listed town for its architecture, in the 17th centenary it was the busiest port in South East Asia. On day two we visited My Son the ancient capital and religious center for the Champa Kingdome the original inhabitants of Vietnam.

07.01.2022 Well folks its that time again, we are in the countdown to the departure of another Group of U3A Redcliffe member. This time 19 of us are off to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. We will be leaving on Tuesday 28th May a Tour which will include Tbilisi the capital of Georgia, Eastern Georgia wine region, then west and northwards into the Caucasian Mountains then back to Tbilisi before heading to Yerevan the capital of Armenia the to Lake Sevan to view Mt. Ararat before again back to Tbilisi to catch the overnight train to baku the capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. In all we will be away for 21 days returning to redcliffe on 18th June. We will try to keep you posted on our activities, including photos of our exploits. .

07.01.2022 On with our westward progress. Tomorrow we are heading towards the Caucasian Mountains and will be spending the night at 5000ft/1500meters. Today has been a rest day free to do what you like, but yesterday we visited Gelati Cathedral and Sataplia Nature Reserve.

06.01.2022 Well folks its that time again, 11 of our U3A Redcliffe member, are off to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. We headed off on Saturday 11th February on a Tour which will include Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta, the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Golden-roofed wats, decorated with mosaics and murals of the life of Buddha in Luang Prabang in Laos, Hanoi, a cruise on Halong Bay, visits to Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Da Lat. In all we will be away 25 days returning to Redcliffe on 9th March. We will try to keep you posted on our activities, including photos of our exploits. .

06.01.2022 During our visit to Siem Reap Cambodia we visited many temples of the Angkor Wat complex. An amazing experience seeing such architecture being built when Europe was just emerging from the dark ages. We also got an insight into the terrible times of Pol Pot and the Vietnamese invasion and control when we visited a War Museum. On the last day we visited Tonle Sap Lake the largest freshwater lake in Asia and visited the floating village. The food was again outstanding.

06.01.2022 Day 2 and we ventured out into wine country though most of the day we visited the David Gareja Cave complex where monks over the years have dug caves in with they live while meditating. We had an amazing lunch at a family home and then visited Bodbe Monastery where St. Nino one of the main Saints of Georgia resided, beautiful Church. We also stop at a bakery to see bread being baked in a tandoori oven.

05.01.2022 We are heading to western Georgia and here is our first day on this part of the Trip. Visited Jvari Monastery, Sevrtitskhoveli Cathedral and Starlin Museum.

04.01.2022 Here are some more pictures, this time we are in Bagan, a 42 square klm area full of about 3000 pagodas.

03.01.2022 We are now in Victoria Falls. After a welcome dance at the airport we have settled into the "Kingdom Hotel". A walk of the Falls this morning was followed by a relaxing afternoon and an evening dinner cruise on the Zambezi River, the fourth longest in Africa.

02.01.2022 Hi Everyone, I have finally managed to get connected tp the Internet. Very poor service here in Myanmar. Here are a few pictures from our first visit to Yangon and surrounds, mainly our visit to "The Golden Rock" a sacred shrine.