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 [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by Duckingforks
PlanetEye.com was offically launched today. Check out the Press Release below for full details! If you want to visit site (highly recommended!) head to PlanetEye.com
PRESS RELEASE
PlanetEye Launches First One-Stop Destination for Travel Planning
Needs
Unveils Partnership with Travelocity;
Leverages Microsoft Technology
TORONTO, Canada – July 10, 2008 – PlanetEye Inc. today launched an innovative online travel planning service that [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by Duckingforks
(05/07/08. ) The spine-chilling documentary Bong Ma Cuoi Cung Cua Chien Tranh (The Last Ghost of War), about the corrosive effects of Agent Orange (the toxic defoliant used by the Americans during the war in Viet Nam), will be aired for the first time on Vietnamese television today.
The film, made possible by a grant [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2008 by Duckingforks
If your planning a trip to Vietnam or perhaps you live here and have been thinking about Xmas?
Well check out Air Asia! They are offering $2USD fares from Hanoi/HCMC to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur. The price does not include taxes.
You need to book today! Yes, the offer runs out tonight - 6th July! You also [...]
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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, [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by Duckingforks
Last year I lead a bicycle tour through Cambodia for a group of great people raising money for Muscular Dystrophy Association of Australia (MDA). The group of 30 raise over $400,000, an amazing effort!
One of the riders, Steph, loved it so much she is now planning to run her own Charity Bike Challenge, raising much [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2008 by Duckingforks
I have been a little quite on the blog over the past few days. The reason - my family and I are in the process of relocating from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City!
With everything packed and on the highway somewhere in the back of a truck, we are in Vietnam’s largest city waiting for [...]
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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 18, 2008 by Duckingforks
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by Duckingforks
With hundreds and thousands of digital images sitting on my computers hard drive, I have decided it’s time the world has the opportunity to see them!!
As such, I have started a new photo blog at http://adamhurley.wordpress.com. The images have been taken by me during my travels through out Vietnam, Cambodia and Australia.
So head on over [...]
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