Hanoi is in the grips of a really hot summer with temperatures at or over 40 degrees and nights sitting on 30. The favourite summer drink of Hanoians is mia da (sugar cane juice with ice), and vendors have popped up on every street corner. To prepare it, the outside layer of the sugar cane [...]
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The perfect Hanoi summertime cocktail
Posted in Food and drink, Hanoi on July 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
lunch with Class 15
Posted in Food and drink, KOTO on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
KOTO’s class 15 recently finished their formal training, and now are onto the work experience component of their training. To celebrate, and after much pestering on their part, Brendon invited them around for lunch at our place on Sunday. Knowing the Vietnamese penchant for an early lunch we were expecting the guests to sooner rather [...]
The Coordination Unit
Posted in Food and drink, Volunteering on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here is a photo of my colleagues in the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Partnership Coordination Unit. From left to right there’s Vinh, Hanh, Soan and Ngoc. These guys are very professional and capable staff who have all worked in the development sector for a long time, and as such having an Australian sitting in [...]
News from KOTO
Posted in Food and drink, KOTO, tagged KOTO, Volunteering on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Brendon has been working very hard recently, with a new class starting at KOTO and an old class graduating. For the month of November he’ll be teaching mornings and afternoons to accommodate incoming and outgoing classes. He’s doing a great job at KOTO and is much appreciated, and of course the trainees really enjoy his [...]
Ho Chi Minh City
Posted in Food and drink, Travel, Water and sanitation, tagged Climate change, Cu Chi tunnels, Ho Chi Minh City, Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My work recently organized a workshop on adapting to climate change in the water and sanitation sector; one was held in Hanoi and one in Ho Chi Minh City, to accommodate as many government representatives from the provinces as possible. Climate change is a big issue for Vietnam – it is predicted to be one [...]
National Day
Posted in Food and drink, Hanoi, tagged Cha Ca, Vespa, Vietnam National Day on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As always, I am discovering that the best way to see a city is to get out and walk it. Yes, I have been persisting with my goal to walk home from work – whenever it isn’t raining, or dismally hot and humid, or I am feeling too tired… in other words about [...]
Noodles of Hanoi
Posted in Food and drink, Hanoi, tagged Food, Hanoi, KOTO on August 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Brendon and I have been busy eating our way around Hanoi’s street noodle stalls but are still yet to try all the different varieties. Vietnam has turned the noodle soup into an absolute art form! Even on these really hot mornings we have here there’s not much more satisfying than a steaming hot bowl of Pho (rice [...]
