I spent the week before last in the beach resort town of Nha Trang, Vietnam’s answer to the Gold Coast I guess, eating copious amounts of fantastic fresh seafood. From Wednesday to Friday I was very busy with an AusAID-funded workshop which was organized by my unit. Although we were working very hard we did [...]
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Trip to Nha Trang
Posted in Travel, Water and sanitation on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dalat, the city of eternal spring
Posted in Travel, Water and sanitation on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Work has been very busy over the past couple of months, as we finish up activities for the year and plan activities for 2010. I am certainly not, in case you were wondering, out there in rural communities constructing latrines (not that I’d be very useful at that); I’m more usually found at my desk [...]
KOTO Ba Vi Bikeride
Posted in Culture, KOTO, Water and sanitation on December 3, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Last weekend Brendon and I completed all 80kms of the 2009 KOTO Ba Vi Bike Ride! About 150 participants met out at the grounds of the UN International School at 7am on a very chilly morning to register, get our bikes and have some coffee and breakfast. Brendon and I and six other Australian volunteers made [...]
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 [...]
