Saturday 21 September - Sunday 22 September - Hanoi Saturday 21 September Up at 8.00am, and downstairs to go through the motions of breakfast, with a little bacon to deal with the protein side of things, followed up with some fruit, to cover the plant component which makes it all that little bit healthier. A … Continue reading Vietnam 2024 – Trip Report 11
Wednesday 18 September - Thursday 19 September - Hanoi Wednesday 18 September Up around 7.45am, and Hanoi is well and truly awake. The excitement of the Mid-Autumn festival last night, appears to be continuing. Downstairs for breakfast – me, trứng chiên (fried egg), while practicing my Vietnamese badly, and fruit for Lisa, who is at … Continue reading Vietnam 2024 – Trip Report 9
Friday 15 September - Hanoi It’s a slow start, as it was always likely to be. You know, someone’s jetlag and all. 8.00am comes and goes, but I don’t let 8.30am arrive without being vertical. Enough is enough. Get sorted and head downstairs. And yes, it is down the stairs. They’re not difficult stairs. It … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 18
Tuesday 12 September - Bac Ha - Hanoi Awake at 3.00am. Then again at 5.00am. Damn this clock watching / alarm anticipation thing in my sleep. Lay, doze, but mainly lay, and then get up just before 6.00am. Off to the toilet to check things out, and it seems it is all but a distant … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 15
Saturday 2 September - Hanoi Eyes open. It’s 5.00am. Two positives; I’m alive, and I ain’t getting up. Back to sleep, and it was actually sleep, before eyes open again. I know it’s later, as it’s lighter, and I can hear the noises associated with it being later, but I have no desire to get … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 5
Friday 1 September - Hanoi Awake. Time check. 4.30am. Seriously? But good! Back to sleep in my very dark room. Eyes open again. 6.00am. Yeah, that’s not happening. Make it to 7.00am, and while I’m awake, I can’t really be bothered. Lethargy and laziness. 7.30am arrives, and I can put it off no longer. There’s … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 4
Thursday 31 August - Saigon - Hanoi Eyes open, time checked. 4.45am. Good! Back to sleep. Sort of. Phone looked at again; 5.30am. Still good. Doze, but little else, and then it happens. That bloody alarm tune! Get up, get sorted, and pack up. Quick check of the time, and my phone is telling me … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 3
Friday 30 September - Hanoi Eyes open. Time check. Sigh…… 7.00am. Again. That same old, same old routine. Seems I’m stuck with it. The world does not need me yet, so the urge to get up is resisted, which not surprisingly, is one of the easiest things I’ve ever done. 8.00am is reached, with some … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 24
Thursday 29 September - Hanoi The routine continues. Eyes open just after 7.00am, and as much as I’d like to bounce out of bed and meet the day head on, I’m just not the bouncing, morning type of person. More sleep is attempted, but not achieved, and it’s merely light dozing. 8.30am arrives, and probably … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 23
Wednesday 28 September - Hanoi Just after 7.00am, eyes open. It’s becoming a routine, and one that I’m really not that interested in, nor overly happy with. It’s light, which is good, as it was a very dark night without power. Thankfully the phone designers of the world thought to put a torch into the … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 22
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