Sitting in a bar in Hanoi, John in his room struck down with a bout of tonsillitis.

I’m on my third cocktail listening to the bar tender singing along to “I just called to say I love you” when it strikes me I should start a blog of our trip.

By my fourth cocktail I’ve set it up and here we are…

Welcome to what will no doubt be one of the worlds most boring (and least consistently updated) travel blogs.

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