Christmas in Vietnam

It's been a hectic month.  Em & I were both busy working right up to Christmas, before we flew out to Vietnam on Christmas Eve to meet up with Em's mum Liz & John.  Christmas in this part of the world is a little strange, being predominantly a Buddhist country the holiday isn't celebrated at all in Cambodia, although the commercial side of Christmas is starting to make inroads in some shops.  Christmas trees in Cambodia look even more out of place than in the heat of an Australian summer to my Northern Hemisphere eyes.  We did go to a pantomime the week before Christmas which was great fun, and enjoyed a glass of bubbly in our hotel in Hanoi on Christmas morning.  Anyway, our trip to Vietnam this time was based around the North - Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa, and we had a fantastic time exploring with Liz & John.  I'll post some photo's shortly.