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Well, and, here we go again…back to Vietnam, this time by way of Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Or at least that’s more or less the plan. (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi, oh boy
Well I thought that was that. But I’d forgotten the stopover in Hanoi. How could I forget a stopover in Hanoi. Only a few hours, but a few hours in Hanoi is different.   We had...
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Cave off Cat Ba, Vietnam
The finale - and it worked out grand
Not the most promising start, as we opened the curtains to the first pouring rain we’ve seen in many a week. Oo-er. But the forecasts were promising all day sunshine! But the...
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National park, Cat Ba, Vietnam
A hospital in a hill and a walk in the park
Well that was full on. We’d decided to hire a bike and head off to the national park, and go for a bit of a trek. First stop was ‘Hospital cave’, which we’d...
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Cat Ba beach 3, Vietnam
Well, we got our day on the beach!
And now we look like a pair of tomatoes. We’d forgotten how long it’s been since we did any serious sunnery. We’ve been mostly doing things, as against soaking up...
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Cat Ba, Vietnam
Somewhat sub-par in a mizzly Cat Ba
Virle had a rougher night of it than me, sleeping fitfully on the bus, which proved to be a fairly elderly sleeper, lacking basic amenities like curtains to keep out the LED displays...
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Ha Giang viewpoint, Vietnam
A little exercise before the night bus
The bus for Cat Ba isn’t till seven this evening, so we decided to take a little trek up to the viewpoint above Ha Giang. And it did prove quite a trek – up and up and up...
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