Posted on July 14, 2008 by Duckingforks
THE 2008 Miss Universe contest has begun in Vietnam, with Australia’s Laura Dundovic being selected as one of the 15 semi-finalists.
The final 15 also includes Venezuela, Kosovo, Mexico, Vietnam, South Africa, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Colombia, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the United States and Spain.
Eighty of the world’s most beautiful women have converged [...]
Filed under: From Left Field, Nha Trang, Odds and Ends, Vietnam Articles | Tagged: Asia, Fashion, Miss Australia, Miss Universe, News, Nha Trang, Other, Vietnam | No Comments »
Posted on July 4, 2008 by Duckingforks
A while back I wrote about a fantastic Charity Bike Tour to be held in Cambodia - see post here - well they are having an info night soon, see image below.
This is a fantastic opportunity to see Cambodia and to help a worthy cause. If you can not make the info night in Sydney, [...]
Filed under: Cambodia, From Left Field, Odds and Ends, Travel - Other | Tagged: Asia, bike tour, Cambodia, Charity, Charity Challenge | No Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2008 by Duckingforks
HCM City-based VietAdventure has announced that 120 competitors, mainly from Canada, France, Japan, Singapore, the UK and the US, will participate in the Le Fruit Triathlon. The event will take place in Binh Thuan Province’s Mui Ne on June 1.
The first of the three-part competition is a 500m sea swim. The competitors will then ride [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2008 by Duckingforks
It’s on!
Tomorrow night sees the 2008 State of Origin kick off and what a ripper it should be!
Rugby League is a great game to begin with, but when it’s NSW v QLD it just gets a whole lot better! Game 1 brings 9 changes from last years NSW team, while QLD have stuck with [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2008 by Duckingforks
For this travel blog shout out, we are staying in Asia - Japan to exact!
Quirky Japan Photos is just that! And the photos are fantastic!
Well worth checking out if you are heading towards Japan or if you just like checking out someone else’s photo’s over a coffee!
My fav to date is the Extreme Fishing, only [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2008 by Duckingforks
Recently a new list of the Worlds Top 100 Bars was released - see it here.
It’s fairly obvious that the judges failed to visit Hanoi’s famous Bia Hoi Corner (see above) as Vietnam didn’t make the list.
At 18 cents a drink, an ever changing view and plastic stools that were made for 3 years olds, [...]
Filed under: From Left Field, Odds and Ends, Travel - Other | Tagged: Eating, Travel, Beer, World Top Bars, Top 100, Drinking | No Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2008 by Duckingforks
Well tonight, I was going to post something informative, interesting and amazingly brilliant, however I was stuck on the floor rolling in laughter after looking at a great blog called The FAIL Blog!
The Fail Blog is a simple but great idea, a collection of images of things about to fail.
I’m still laughing, so thats [...]
Filed under: From Left Field | Tagged: fail blog, funny blog, laugh | 3 Comments »
