If you have to choose one big city to visit in Vietnam make it Saigon. Unless you’re into the whole overcrowded, bad food, not enough room to walk on the street but too much shit on the sidewalk thing that Hanoi is offering.

22 April 2009 – It’s the boys mums birthday and I think this bracelet I made suits her style a bit more than the cupcake necklaces.

24 April 2009 – The Boy and his friend led me on some crazy tiki tour to get to the I’m On A Boat party. We ended up not lost, and with some good photos. Choice. This is Wellington Harbour.

24 April 2009 – And this is the view of Petone from Oriental Parade.

24 April 2009 – Some crazy hippies spitting fire at the party.

25 April 2009 – The Boy’s dad is in town and takes us to Lone Star for dinner. This steak is absolutely humongous.

25 April 2009 – My plate of Lone Star mussels, and my other plate with potatoes and salad. Too. Much. Food!!

26 April 2009 – And then the weather turned to shit and it’s been raining pretty much ever since.

27 April 2009 – It’s that time of year when everyone remembers that they didn’t fix the leaks from last year, and they still haven’t gotten around to resealing the doors.