Polaroids are fun; assignments are not!

We took a Polaroid camera along to Vietnam. Although the film is very expensive these days - think $1 per piece - it is a lot of fun! From Hanoi  to Sapa and back to Hanoi and then onwards to Halong Bay we have a snapshot of every significant moment. All of these shots will be put together in a scrapbook that G is now working on. Very exciting! 

Today's tea bag is one by Ronnefeldt. I'm very determined to complete that darn assignment tonight sans editing so an organic Japanese Classic will have to do. Yes, green tea! I'm boiling a pot of water now, so I'll let you know how the tea bag and mission: complete assignment goes.

Update 4:11am: Mission: complete assignment is far from complete but I still have a few more happy hours before daybreak and hey, I've just perfected a rather lame outline. As for the Ronnedfeldt greentea tea-bag, it was alright but definitely not as value for money as a TWG tea-bag. I don't think it'll make more than 2 small cups of tea unless you like them very diluted! 

the way home

23 June: From Hanoi to Singapore. Crossing the South China Sea

This picture was taken with my humble iphone. I'm amazed by the colours and the clarity.  Thumbs up! One of my favourite out of the plane window shots, a keeper! (: Blogger's colour accuracy isn't spot on and this picture is a lot darker than it is, plus all the light green hues have somehow turned orangey.

We had a lovely time in Sapa. It was more beautiful than I had ever imagined especially when we trekked across the mountains and valleys. The air was crisp and fresh and we were blessed with perfect weather almost everyday. We did get bitten a lot by mosquitoes one humid night after an evening's downpour so we left Sapa with battle scars for souvenirs!

Halong Bay was equally astounding. There we only four of us on our Chinese junk boat and so the staff (8 of them!) pandered to our every whim and fancy. Not that we needed it! The junk had been fitted with every conceivable western appurtenance. But it was of course it was Halong Bay herself that garnished the plate.

What a wonderful vacation!