We moved to Vietnam in March 2018! What a huge move for the family. It was very hard to say goodbye to family, friends and colleagues in Geelong. Never have we been so busy for such a sustained period of time as during this move; packing our house in Geelong, finalising our personal affairs, renting our house out, finalising our jobs, flying to Vietnam then setting up a new household and starting a new job less than a week after arriving.
We left Australia with about 9 pieces of luggage. The jetstar line was terribly long and about halfway to the counter all work stopped for 45 minutes as a software upgrade was made live. Thankfully Brian and Ali were there to help keep the girls entertained.
After arriving in Vietnam, we spent several days in a single hotel room while we did everything we could to start a new life in a new country. Thankfully Stan's parents were in Vietnam to help look after the girls. Stan visited his new workplace where they had arranged a representative from the bank to help create a new bank account.
We spent several days looking at apartments (they were much more expensive than we had expected) until we finally settled on a three bedroom place in Happy Valley. It includes a pool (for all of us) a gym (none of us have used it yet) and a playground (used daily by Talitha and Zara). The photo below is of the courtyard at night. We live in the building on the left.
We have bought a motorbike so Stan can go to work and we can get around. Stan has just passed his driving test in Vietnam and is now licensed to be on the road. Traffic in Ho Chi Minh city is a little busier than Siem Reap though our area is quiet.
Nicole, Talitha and Zara quickly visited Siem Reap to catch up with Nicole's parents who were holidaying there. Talitha turned three while they were there.
We will be putting some more posts up showing our day to day life here (and the delicious food available).
We left Australia with about 9 pieces of luggage. The jetstar line was terribly long and about halfway to the counter all work stopped for 45 minutes as a software upgrade was made live. Thankfully Brian and Ali were there to help keep the girls entertained.
After arriving in Vietnam, we spent several days in a single hotel room while we did everything we could to start a new life in a new country. Thankfully Stan's parents were in Vietnam to help look after the girls. Stan visited his new workplace where they had arranged a representative from the bank to help create a new bank account.
We spent several days looking at apartments (they were much more expensive than we had expected) until we finally settled on a three bedroom place in Happy Valley. It includes a pool (for all of us) a gym (none of us have used it yet) and a playground (used daily by Talitha and Zara). The photo below is of the courtyard at night. We live in the building on the left.
We have bought a motorbike so Stan can go to work and we can get around. Stan has just passed his driving test in Vietnam and is now licensed to be on the road. Traffic in Ho Chi Minh city is a little busier than Siem Reap though our area is quiet.
Nicole, Talitha and Zara quickly visited Siem Reap to catch up with Nicole's parents who were holidaying there. Talitha turned three while they were there.
We will be putting some more posts up showing our day to day life here (and the delicious food available).
I'll share this around Deakin.
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