Our Man in Hanoitag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3390992009-06-29T06:48:10-04:00TypePadOur Man in Hanoi - revamped and returningtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452014669e20115718562f5970b2009-06-29T06:48:10-04:002009-06-29T06:55:10-04:00Just a quick note, in case anyone still checks these pages or are subscribed via RSS. Since leaving Vietnam I've spent time in Nicaragua, Newcastle and, more recently, Cameroon. I'm now planning my return to Hanoi (yes I missed it...ourmanthis is the endtag:typepad.com,2003:post-153537332007-01-23T05:40:12-05:002007-01-23T05:40:12-05:00WE DID IT. So the new KOTO is open. Officially. The Australian Ambassador did his duty and later, less formally, the KOTO graduates opened it too with a roof top cutting of the cake. Like I said before, when we...ourmaninterim posttag:typepad.com,2003:post-150159712007-01-04T22:58:28-05:002007-01-04T22:58:28-05:00I've written before, while we dreamed of the new KOTO restaurant, that I fantasised about the opening night. When everything was going horrifically wrong it was the thought that kept me going. Specifically it was about putting on the event,...ourmanthe saddest, proudest moment evertag:typepad.com,2003:post-143589022006-11-29T04:19:07-05:002006-11-29T04:19:07-05:00I'm now no longer a KOTO employee. Yesterday was the last day and with it came the goodbye speeches, the presents, the flowers, the food and the drinks. And, of course, the tears. I had known for a long time...ourmanclosing chapterstag:typepad.com,2003:post-142972612006-11-26T06:56:06-05:002006-11-26T06:56:06-05:00Like I said before it's starting to feel more and more like the end of the film. The old KOTO at 61 Van Mieu is no more. The new KOTO at 59 Van Mieu, the focus of our work for...ourmangoodbye 61 van mieutag:typepad.com,2003:post-141713112006-11-17T22:32:11-05:002006-11-17T22:32:11-05:00First a couple of very cool links. There's this rather wonderful film about KOTO which gives you its history from it's start up to present day. Secondly, while searching for the first film I came across this - a BBC...ourman