Surfers Paradise..Gold Coast Australia

The most beautiful beach in the world in my opinion….I love the beaches of the Gold Coast. Here is a slideshow of the view of the Gold Coast from the 77th floor of Q1 which was until recently the tallest residential building in the world. It is now the 5th in the world…. Gold Coast

Lamb Island History and Slideshow

Slideshow of my photos of Lamb Island…my home Lamb Island Queensland Australia Slideshow: Marguerite’s trip to Lamb Island Queensland (near Cleveland) was created with TripAdvisor TripWow! Originally called Ngudooroo, Lamb Island has a similar history to the other bay islands. After millennia of indigenous occupation, it attracted timbergetters and oystermen in the early days of

Cu Dai Beach Vietnam

http://www.haivenu-vietnam.com/des-hoi-an-cua-dai-beach.htm Cua Dai beach is the ‘seaside’ area of Hoi An, famous for its Ancient Town and listed as one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage sites. The beach is about five kilometres from Hoi An, a long swathe of soft white sand. There’s a good road from the town that ends at a ‘T’

Historic Hoi An …Vietnam

Hoi An Today http://latitudes.nu/heaven-and-hell-in-historic-hoi-an/ The streets and alleyways today are still lined with brightly decked out shops and stalls selling every kind of souvenir imaginable, and in a nod to its silken past, the town is said to boast more than 200 tailors who can turn around a made-to-measure dress, silk shirt or suit in

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Vietnam Information for Australian traveling to Vietnam http://www.lonelyplanet.com/vietnam A Cultural Smorgasbord This is a country of myriad influences and reference points. In the south, Indian and Hindu culture had a lasting influence in the Cham temples and spicy regional cuisine, spiked with chilli and tempered with coconut. Head north and Chinese connections are far more

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Slideshow: Marguerite’s trip to Ho Chi Minh City was created with TripAdvisor TripWow! http://www.lonelyplanet.com/vietnam/ho-chi-minh-city Saigon, as it’s known to all but city officials, is Vietnamat its most dizzying: a high-octane city of commerce and culture that has driven the whole country forward with its limitless energy. It is a living organism