Well, we are in Ho Chi Minh City, it is not too hot and raining some of the time. We had an interview at CitySmart school, looks good, very high tech. There are 7 class rooms each with an electronic smart board (a interactive whiteboard screen linked to a computer) and there is a transportable smartboard for use in play areas.

The manager, Alex, is very nice, we were introduced to some of the teachers assistants who seem to be full of fun. Alex is also going to help us with, getting a house, a bank account, business visa and various other things.

We have had fun exploring the market, walking around the area local to our hotel. Managing to negotiate the busy streets easily, I had forgotten just how frantic it can be. This place is so alive, everything moves quickly and noisily, seeming as though everyone is in a hurry to get where they are going. But everyone has a smile and even though there isn't a common language, it is so easy to joke with them. James had a little boy in fits of laughter yesterday when he put a rain coat on back to front. They may not have a lot of material things but they know how to enjoy life and how to share that enjoyment with others. The women are pretty and all so petite, hope some of that rubs off. 

I don't know if it is my imagination but there seem to be so many more Australians here this time. I know we are in a fairly busy tourist area, but I'm wondering if the word has got out. Trouble is, we don't want to do things at tourist pace because we plan to be here for so long. Checking out a new bar tonight, looks good from the outside. We have found that wine is a little more readily available than before too, but that doesn't mean that anyone coming over doesn't have to bring the Australian stuff. I was panicking a little coming through customs because we had bought a bit of alcohol duty free and I wasn't sure of the allowance, but they didn't even look at our bags as we came through, not like Australia. Also not like Australia was the 1 hour plus that it took us to get through immigration. 

The flight was fun, traveling Vietnam Airlines (Qantas sister airline) direct from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh. Inflight movies were the migration habits of the crane in the Mekong Delta, the Viet version of Summer Bay and a light Viet opera about ....I don't know what! Needless to say, we did a bit of reading. 

Hotel is good, James impressed with wireless internet in the room. Couldn't live here for ever though, I'd like to get into our own place to try to make it a little like home. Will never be that though, I think we need our family and friends for that. 

Hope you like the photos, keep an eye out for Pretty Boy. We will try to keep this Blog going for the time that we are away. Hopefully our lives won't get too frantic. But then again, there is very little English TV that we can find, apart from Play School.