Monday 4 September - Hanoi - Ta Van Awake. Time check – 3.30am. Back to sleep. Awake, again. It’s now 5.00am. It feels like I’m clock watching in my sleep…. Still have an hour before the dreaded, and awful sounding, alarm is due to do its thing. Fortunately, sort of, it never gets the opportunity, … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 7
Sunday 3 September - Hanoi 6.00am. It’s becoming a habit. Not happening, so back to sleep. 7.30am. Better. But still not happening. Sleep, doze, just lay there, and all of a sudden it’s 8.30am. Could quite happily continue just laying here, but I need to make an appearance in the dining room, just in case … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 6
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
Wednesday 30 August - Saigon Eyes open, it’s light outside. And by the sound of things, Saigon is awake. Phone looked at; 5.30am. Not going to happen. But interestingly, it feels like it could. I resist the urge. Quite easily, as it turns out. Phone put down, along with my head, and little more than … Continue reading Vietnam 2023 – Trip Report 2
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
Wednesday 5 October - Saigon Eyes open. But before I look at the time, I need to work out what day it is. Through the haze and confusion of having just woken up, it surprisingly doesn’t take long. The last full day is here, and the only, like ONLY, good thing about that, is that … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 29
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
Monday 3 October - Hanoi - Saigon The usual routine of eyes open at 7.00am, give or take, is altered, with today being not quite 6.00am. Anticipation of the flight? The angst associated with leaving my beloved Hanoi? Not sure, but maybe both. The good news is I’ve still got a bit over an hour, … Continue reading Vietnam 2022 – Trip Report 27
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