Travels from Heath Street: September 2014

Monday, September 8, 2014

I'm off to the home of the great white shark....

Also known as OZ or the 'Land Down Under', and sometimes referred to as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'.

That's right, I'll be in Australia for a month. Check out the tab marked "OZ" above to follow my travels.

Adventure awaits.

The capital city is preparing to hammer the final nail in the coffin of the iconic cyclo, the three-wheeled pedicab once ubiquitous in the country.Already reduced to serving tourists in a steadily dwindling area that they are allowed to operate in for many years now, the Hanoi government plans to stop them altogether, a local official has said.Pham Quang Nghi, the city's Party chief, said in a meeting with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism this week that the city will gradually ban vehicles which are not suitable for traffic, and the cyclo is one of them.He said the local government will buy the cyclos from their drivers and provide other jobs for them. (Source: Wikipedia)

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Monday, September 8, 2014

I'm off to the home of the great white shark....