Snoozing All The Way to KL…

Not to be attempted after a 'family party'... It’s 6:20 in the morning and I’m due to fly out on a flight at 8:50 for Kuala Lumpur. But for now, that doesn’t matter – I’m deeply asleep and have been since I went to bed 1 hour and 20 minutes ago following the supposed ‘family party’ downstairs in Duc Vuong Hotel, Saigon. Beers were had – quite a number of them – and as a result, I set my alarm for 4:30... Read More

The Reunification Express…

You won't see any volcanoes on the left of the plane... As usual I’ve managed to lose track of time while travelling and forgot to write. Actually that’s a lie straight off – I remembered, just haven’t found time to sit down and I’m finding more and more that nothing affords me such an opportunity as flights so here we are again, we’ve just passed Jakarta on the left and apparently, according to the captain, there’s... Read More

‘I don’t want books, new flip flops, postcards or even the marijuana…’

Ah, Hanoi. The flight to get here involved 3 schedule changes, a lot of bumping around for the best part of 2 hours and having to allow my shoulder become ‘part-time pillow’ for the two sleeping Asians on either side of me who actually fell asleep on me, woke up and realised, and yet continued to stay in the same position. I did however get my own back upon disembarkation by towering over them and forcing myself out into the aisle first... Read More