Hot in Vietnam

What a great country. They've forgiven us for the war (they call it the American war here) and Jules and I have been free to roam around enjoying ourselves and enjoying the hospitality of the locals. We've been here a week but haven't reported because we're still trying to work out how to put pictures up. We had a few days in what used to be called Saigon and most of the time we've spent in the northern capital, Hanoi. Health has been good but Julia had a mild attack of heat stroke while we were trecking in the Halong Bay area - vomiting and headache - but she recovered quickly and we're now about to catch a sleeper train to the border of China for some high-altitude walking. My Dunlop Volleys will have a story to tell when we get back! Dom is joining us later next week for more adventures in the southern part of Vietnam. We visited the oldest uni in the world today (1070) and I ran into two people I work with at RMIT. While we were talking, the lady who owns Indochine, our local Vietnamese restaurant in Box Hill (Glenn and Sue have dined there) made herself known. It's a small world. Will send some pics from the south.