Currently Microsoft is only offering the 3pc Windows Premium, License Pack in the USA (perhaps the UK by now as well). A global deal is about be announced, including Australia, shown here http://tiny.cc/win7fam Due in stock 26 November, so expect announcement soon.

Well our last night in Mui Ne beach
Dang (magages the Smoky House restaraunt) got in some great fresh squid and Louise went into the kitchen to see how they do it here. BBQ squid is amazing and cannot wait cook it at home. The marinade is 1 secret but cooking is another. Most recipes have you cutting squid then cooking it. Here they BBQ then cut it up. This gives a LESS uniform cooking and adds to varying taste and texture of the squid and a big difference really.

We have a load more pictures and recipes I will upload once back in Oz

I will miss this place there is a real spirit / vibe here. The Mui Ni folks are a proud and wonderful people.

Our hearts go put to those especially with family in areas nearby that have been devistated by recent floods.

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Seen many of these here but had to google to figure out what this at our fav restaurant was they were out and could not show me

Makes sense SHELL (so nurong) is scallop

The ingrediants for food here are superb bananas grown at the restaurants, seafood plucked from the sea on the day, spices from the markett sounds superb but the same item cooked at the same place on two different days are 100% different and you have to repeat eventually

Still very lucky to have the problem
The locals have been great this place is amazing

EmailIs
I noticed when peeking at my email I am about 20,000 emails behind on my personal inbox ;(20,302 at the moment to be specific)

So apologies

Trouble is I have webmail spam filtering
And client side spam filtering but here on holiday it is easier to look at emails on the mail app on the iPhone but filtering is shall we say limited

Market Slicing
It rained yesterday 1st time in 2 weeks so ventued away from the beach long enough to visit a large local market in phan thiet see picture yesterday was market type 1 and amazing

No pressure on shopping there as with touristy markets, where we mere males get jumped and grabbed flirtingly by young vietnamese girls shall I say and need to be aware of and on guard or sought depending on your demeaner

I have realised there are 5 types of markets here
1- locals only no tourist stuff pretty raw chickens, turtle, frog, duck, eel & snake eaten and killed to order on the market – makes you rswear not to eat meat ever again
2- locals only department store so no polo or Ralph Lauren only local made items and food
3- per item 1 catering for tourists and locals so more named brands souvenirs etc prada, bally, d&g 2nds are big and cheap as they are made here
4- per item 2 so like target in the us or Australia
5 – is up market Chanel , d&g etc and costing about the same as us and Australia so no real deal to be had

Well the newbie bit of sunburn is gone so time for a message
They have everything from Swedish to belly not sure about that one. The Depp message looks best
I chose it and it was pretty great but I now neither feel like johhnny nor look like him so assume it was a typo arrrh..

Decided to hit a favorite Russian spot due to the various vodkas I guess called snow. It’s Japanese of course ?
& the house drink called snow go figure but yum yum
Miso soup is real nice and full of chunks of fish, unexpected in a miso

Interesting turning on CNN to hear the Vietnam presidente talking about how Vietnam is preparing to evacuate

Hello reception anything I should know about or can I order another $1 whisky sour ?

Phew that’s a relief

Nice morning trip to market and cooking school forget about hygiene just cross your fingers and go for it fry or boil fry or boil

Afternoon by the pool so relaxing minus the group of 50 year old ex KGB boys having the hotel play metallica and nirvana about 13% too loud

Good news they are pissed by 3pm and gonskis

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Did you ever try to cross the road in Saigon?

Had a good fresh lobster last night
$ 3 per kilo outrageous

The resort is 95% empty but all Russian but us

Tried to approach one of Russians got a whole grunt this time

German food on Russian menu in Vietnam facinating

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Killing pigs oh the humanity

Loads of little fake pigs scattered around the lawns,
Big coconuts trees overhead drops.. oops another one be gonz

2 pigs in 2 days