Today’s destination was Ben Tre, just a short ride across some islands to get to this supposed little Mekong backwater town. Unfortunately we had misread the map and realised that the ferry route we planned Read more…
A great ride, away from the murderous highway, through coconut groves and the odd market town whenever we crossed a bigger road. If Lord Google hadn’t blessed us with His maps app, I really can’t Read more…
The whole time we were in Saigon, I had been wondering how to get out of town without endangering our lives… We decided that we would put Elina and the boys in an Uber and Read more…
After we settled in for a day in our comfy pad in District 4, we were ready to see the city and bussed it into the centre to do some last minute purchases for our trip Read more…
We arrived in Ho Chi Minh city, not exactly refreshed after the 12 hour flight from Paris but delighted that the kids hadn’t caused a storm on the way and rejoicing that the bikes hadn’t gone Read more…
Free of our enormous boxes, we had an overnight in Paris before flying to Saigon. Aran has a long-held fascination with the Eiffel Tower so to see it in the flesh was a big deal Read more…
This blog has been largely abandoned for the last few years, but we are resurrecting it to share some words and images about our latest trip, once again on bikes but this time as a Read more…
Some mish-mashed moments and highlights from our summer trip this year in Ireland: Eating ninety-nines, collecting seaweed in torrential rain, dolmens, drinking “Jack the lad” beer in the sun on the beach, looking for fairies Read more…
Camping trip to Utah with all your inlaws may sound not like everybody’s cup of tea but we had a ball…9 people, 2 dogs, 9 bikes and enough coffee to fuel a small nation. We Read more…
Aran doing the jump track on his borrowed bike One of many river afternoons, Back-yard cake making A little walk around Lake Waneka in Layfayette Tea-parties and play-dough cookies with Giorgia Birthday cookie