Saturday 16 September - Hanoi Another slow-ish start, not getting up till just after 8.00am. Downstairs around 8.30am, and this time we both disappoint the breakfast staff, choosing just fruit, along of course with a cà phê sữa đá. We sit, eat, savour the coffee, chat a little, but the chatting comes to an abrupt … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 19
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
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 6 / Friday 7 October - Saigon to Melbourne Sleep slowly becomes awakeness, of sorts, and through the haze of tiredness, too many late nights, and maybe too many beers, the realisation hits me. We’ve arrived at that day that seemed so far away, when this whole thing began. I’m really struggling to understand … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 30
Tuesday 4 October - Saigon A sound sleep it certainly was not. Wake several times during the night, and each time I do, it looks like it’s light outside. It’s not, well, it is, but that’s only because there are several lights on. Then there’s that noise. In my sleep haze, it sounds like someone … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 28
Sunday 2 October - Hanoi Eyes open. It’s close to, but not yet 7.00am. It ain’t happening. A little more dozing, maybe even a few minutes of extra sleep achieved, but a nagging thought that we’ll miss breakfast is enough to make me make a move around 8.00am, even though I don’t really want to. … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 26
Saturday 1 October - Hanoi Awake, this time before 7.00am. Two things I know; I ain’t getting up, and yep, I really wasn’t that smart last night. Eyes closed again, and mere minutes later, or that’s what it felt like, the alarm rudely does its job at 7.50am. I needed the extra sleep, and could … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 25
Tuesday 27 September - Hanoi 7.00am, eyes open. Yeah, not a chance that that is happening. Lay there, doze, lay there, before making an effort just after 8.00am. I feel okay, but at the same time, there is an element of tiredness, and a general feeling of flatness. It didn’t feel like we did a … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 21
Monday 26 September - Hanoi Awake at 7.00am. Nup, not happening. Doze for an hour listening to the usual noises of Vietnam; cars and bikes, and their horns, as well as voices. Eventually make the effort to become vertical, and we’re downstairs around 8.30am where we meet up with Kerstin again. She doesn’t really have … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 20
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