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Hello people, hope this finds you all fit and well. Not been on for a while but I have been popping in for a read. So what's new with me, well not a lot really.
It has mainly been work or Granddad duties, more work i'm afraid to say, but I did manage to get myself down to the photo show at the NEC back in March and end up coming back with an Olympus OMD EM1 mkii :D. Then forward to May and a nice little trip to Stockholm for a couple of days to watch Manchester United in the Europa League final :a4: :a4:
Work, work and more work, then 2 days after my granddaughters 6th birthday we set of on our vacation, somewhere new. So on the 24th Sept we boarded a Turkish Air flight to Istanbul for a couple of nights before our 2nd flight, a nice 2am take off to Ho Chi Minh City ( Siagon ) in Vietnam for another couple of nights. Flight 3 took us from Siagon up to Danang for a night before a car trip to our final destination of Hoi An. A nice bit of R&R was required after all the travel, but we did manage to fit in a few trips while there, Marble Mountain, My Son Temple, a nice trip over Hai Van Pass for a day in Hue and I bagged myself a morning trip with a Dutchman (Hoi An Photo Walks).
So here comes some of the annual holiday snaps :lol:

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Galata Tower

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A little bit of Egypt

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Siagon

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Notre Dame Cathedral Siagon

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Independence Palace

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when the roads are to busy just use the pavement

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Hoi An

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Street life

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Lanterns on the river

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Lantern seller

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local woman

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another

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hoi an in the evening


You all had enough, I have plenty more :lol:


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Sounds like you really enjoyed your change of scene! Love the photos! :up
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You have been busy BK :lol: Great photos and the new camera is working well, do post us some more :up
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Sounds like a fantastic trip :) , you'll need a holiday total rest after all that travel :)

Super photos :up :)
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Good to see you BK and thanks for sharing just a few of your pics......more please ;)

The pictures in Istanbul brought back very happy memories of our trip there a few years ago. A great city and so much to see.

And is your grand daughter really 6 already, wow how those years have flown. Time to add a pic to her thread?
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Post by LovelyLadyLux »

WOW BK - F A N T A S T I C photos! Really terrific. Love the street scenes and street people.

AND - the granddaughter is SIX? Geez time flies and is flying fast!

If you've got the time I'd love to see more of your photos :) :) :) :)
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Ok you asked for it, here are some more :? I did forget to say that I do have one more trip booked for this year ( keep the best to last ), December 22nd, myself and a certain little one will be jetting out to Lapland to see a big fellow with a white beard :a52: :a52:

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Burning offerings

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Pagoda at marble mountain

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inside the mountain

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part of My Son Temple

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bomb craters inside the temple

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sharing my coconut with my new mate

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Hoi An at night

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wedding photo at the top of Hai Van Pass

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Peace

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Chilling out
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Don't we live in a wonderful diverse world, thanks for those BK, they bring the area to life :up

So Grandad is really spoiling his little girl, have a great time, I am sure it will all be magical for her x:)
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Spoling her rotten BK and so you should ;) hope you both have a lovely time :up
Love the My Son Temple shot, was it done in HDR?
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Fantastic BK! All of them are lovely. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing your travels. Will be looking for more ;)
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Post by Kiya »

Super photos BK, thanks for sharing. :)

I'd love to see your grand daughters' face when she meets...you know who :)
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