Goddard & Howse small world journeys

02/04/2024

Meeting the locals from Dak Lak province in Vietnam on the inaugural Ross Goddard Signature journey..www.goddardandhowse.com.au

19/03/2024

Back at the Continental Hotel in Saigon..still the only hotel I know where you can have your Safari suit dry cleaned.

18/07/2023

Ross Goddard Signature journeys in Southeast Asia and China

I have brought together my favourite travel experiences - river cruising, coast and country, exquisite hotels, a fabulous train, gourmet food - and blended them all to create the ultimate Southeast Asia holiday. 

11/07/2023

Goddard & Howse strongly condemn the deployment of cluster bombs by the United States in Ukraine. In Laos, we have seen with our own eyes the destruction that this insidious weaponry has caused. More than two million tons of cluster bombs were dropped by the United States on Laos during the second Indochina War (1964-1973), making Laos the most heavily bombed country in history per capita. An estimated 30 per cent of the 270 million sub-munitions dropped on the country did not detonate. Four decades after the war, these deadly items remain a persistent threat and daily reality for thousands of communities across Laos.
Goddard & Howse support MAG , clearing UXO in Laos https://www.maginternational.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/laos/

31/05/2023

Next life

Early morning driving Yaks
Into the mountain
Grass land is emerald
Horse frisky
Tibetan woman walks with purpose
Milking over
Yak dung collected
Husband satisfied
Another step to the next life
RG 24/6/19

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30/05/2023

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Breakfast in Vietnam - noodle soup or banh mi - equally delicious

18/05/2023

I will host our return to China on the Manchuria & Yellow River Hinterland journey departing 5 May 2024. After fifteen years on the ground with this fantastic journey there was nothing to change...book your place now at www.goddardandhowse.com.au

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17/05/2023

Looking forward to the travelling season in 2024.
Goddard & Howse will be showcasing the very best of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and China...bookings open now, departure dates on our website www.goddardandhowse.com.au

11/05/2023

We have been regular visitors to Vieng Xay on our Ho Chi Minh Trail journey...a fascinating highlight amongst many on that trip...join me in June 2024 for the next departure www.goddardandhowse.com.au

In Laos’ Viengxay, there are underground administrative buildings, houses, banks, schools and an immense theatre.

05/05/2023

Great news for Hue...one of my favorite places in Vietnam.

Designed to look like the famous Hue Citadel in Hue Town, the former imperial capital of Vietnam, the new terminal of Phu Bai International Airport enters service Friday.
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05/05/2023

Departure dates for our small world journeys in 2024 are on our website. Join me for a cultural, historical, gastronomical and fun experience in China and Southeast Asia.

small groups * experience * knowledge

02/05/2023

Our classic Vietnam journey, Scent of Green Papaya, departs on September 3 2024.A maximum of 14 guests hosted by Ross Goddard...just a few places available...

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01/05/2023

In 2024 we will be back in China
March 25 - The Sino French railway - retracing an engineering masterpiece from Kunming to Haiphong
May 8 - Manchuria & the Yellow River Hinterland - from Harbin to Juizhaigou National Park....bookings open

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17/04/2023

I am in the far north west of Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu ..a new exhibition and spectacular mural painting captures the moment when the French were defeated on 7 May 1954...ending 100 years of colonialism.

09/04/2023

A wonderful day in north east Laos visiting the mysterious plain of jars and even more mysterious standing stones.On the Ho Chi Minh trail ...www.goddardandhowse.com.au

03/04/2023

On the Ho Chi Minh Trail at the 17th parallel (white line) which in 1954 temporarily divided Vietnam into north and south....hedging my bets

28/12/2022

Good news from China

China will end mandatory quarantine for foreign arrivals from 8 January as the country eases restrictions after nearly three years of COVID-19 border controls and lockdowns. The only requirement will be a PCR test 48-hours before arrival. The announcement is the latest move by Beijing to loosen its zero-COVID policy after the government dropped mandatory testing and lockdowns earlier this month. In a statement, the National Health Commission said constraints limiting the number of international flights will also be abolished.

The management of COVID-19 will be downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A as the disease has become less virulent and will gradually evolve into a common respiratory infection, said the Commission. Since March 2020, all passengers arriving in the country had to undergo at least two weeks of mandatory centralised quarantine.

31/10/2022

A stroll in the garden...De Bortoli vineyard in Griffith NSW.

27/10/2022

Dodging flood waters on our the Darling into the Riverina journey...now we are between the Murrumbidgee and the Murray..

26/10/2022

Arrived just on sunset...Lake Paika near Balranald NSW.

25/10/2022

Plenty of activities out here...

24/10/2022

Broken Hill

23/10/2022

River red gums at Wilcannia...magnificent trees.

22/10/2022

The Darling River full to the brim.

22/10/2022

Driving north to Bourke in NSW...it's wet out here but splendidly green