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Mai Chau

2010-03-18T07:23:18Z

Philippa Creagh Wood17 March 2010 at 17:16
My friend is looking for someone who would like to do this. Let me know if you are interested or know someone.
Pip
"Do you know anyone interested in a free two day hike and home-stay adventure to Mai Chau? We need one or two people to go on the trip so we can film a video for our website. It would be departing Wed morning 24th March and coming back Friday afternoon 26th. First night in a H'mong homestay (very basic!) and second night in a Thai homestay (still basic, but with flush toilets). I did it a couple of years ago and loved it."

This Saturday 5pm UNIS main gate

2010-03-18T07:18:06Z

Dear All,

the 3rd Saturday of the month can only mean one thing.....the 5K time trial!

We'll be meeting at the UNIS main gate at 5pm. The usual format of a staggered start based on each runner's estimated time for the distance with the slowest time starting first. The aim being that we all come tumbling over the finish line at roughly the same time.

Re: pool

2010-03-17T07:53:37Z

one of the better options for swimming that i have found is the asean hotel
on chua bac near the starbowl. it's upstairs, long enough to do laps and
often quiet during the day. the only problem, as is so often the case in
this city, is that finding out when it is open is not always easy.
chris

RE: pool

2010-03-17T04:17:22Z

What about that big lake?

Tie a big car tyre to the other end of the rope already tied around your waist, put on the breathing apparatus and you are away!

Actually, apart from the breathing apparatus there are old guys that do the tyre thing in the wee lake at the end of to Ngoc Van.

Less than 60,000 and no worries about losing count just swim there and back.

Re: pool

2010-03-16T07:23:15Z

Ginny,
Problem is that the pools open so late in the year and then close so soon after summer - you only get about 6 months swimming. I used Tay Ho Hotel pool last summer (30,000), getting there for its 6am opening, and it was pretty good, although it did get a fair few bobbers in it if you get there later on. There are a few other pools in the area as well - I swam one summer at the one in the hotel next door to Sedona - that was ok. The major international hotels are generally too small for serous laps and very expensive. I also heard last year that UNIS pool is available all year around but for only a few windows through the day. That may still apply.

RE: pool

2010-03-16T07:12:41Z

The Hilton has a nice pool, and it's pay as you go - have not used it,
but have seen it from the gym, and looks like it is usable for laps...
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pool

2010-03-16T07:06:57Z

Hi guys,
Anyone have any suggestions for a pool to train laps in? Tay Ho, pay per
time, less than 60,000?
Thanks,
Ginny

As you click off the light, remember to think "this is it"

2010-03-12T09:53:05Z

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This Saturday's run 3.55pm Sedona

2010-03-12T00:38:43Z

Dear All,

We'll be meeting at the Sedona gate this Saturday - 3.55pm

5,7 and 10k options.

hope to see you there

Adele

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Re: Tet Tiger 10K run photos

2010-03-09T01:08:14Z

Pieter,
I am interested in electronic copies of about half dozen photos - I don't have prints. Is there an option for that?
Des

RE: Gymnastics in Hanoi?

2010-03-09T00:59:08Z

Hi Suzanne,
You can go to Ha Noi gym ( they call Quan Ngua International Gym) to ask, I am sure some one there can help.
Good Luck!!!
Phi from UNIS,
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Greetings Hashers!
I am a rather inactive hasher these days, but thought perhaps someone

Gymnastics in Hanoi?

2010-03-08T22:44:12Z

Greetings Hashers!
I am a rather inactive hasher these days, but thought perhaps someone
on this list may have some suggestions...
I am looking for a place where my 9 year old daughter can take
gymnastics. She has taken gymnastics for years in the US, but we have
not been able to find a gym here.

Re: Tet Tiger 10K run photos

2010-03-08T07:01:17Z

Dear Pieter,
Thanks for this.
I would like to buy the following:
1. 1 photo 10x15 MG_9642
2. 1 photo 10x15 MG_9821
3. both files
Thank you very much. My mobile is 09.0401.5254 and my email
dfezza...@gmail.com
Best wishes,
Davide
On 8 March 2010 10:54, Pieter Janssen Photography

Tet Tiger 10K run photos

2010-03-08T03:54:56Z

Dear all,
The photos I took are online: [link]
I have split the event into several parts, to make viewing easier.
However, of the finish are 244 photos and it may take a while to go
through all of them, especially for the slower runners.
Thanks,
Pieter
Pieter Janssen Photography

Change you can believe in (Garrison Keillor)

2010-03-07T23:58:38Z

Unparalleled Change?
By GARRISON KEILLOR
Ever since that night in June when we filed onto the football field in
our mortarboards and gowns and the distinguished speaker (what was his
name?) informed us that we were entering a time of rapid and
unparalleled change, we’ve been waiting and hoping, but here we are,