Helloooooo. Back again, as promised, and as fully functional as I ever have been. (Admittedly, this doesn't say much). The boat trip from Halong Bay, from which I returned yesterday, was pretty awesome - it really is a beautiful part of the world, and not even the repeated (please cover your eyes) screw-ups, made by the tour company I was with, could detract from the raw beauty of the towering rock formations that shot out of the sea with the complete disregard f...

What's up, Doc? I feel that, despite having mostly recovered from a couple of days of simultaneous temperatures, shivers and sweats, I'm still not quite over my bout of whatever it is I've had/got, but I'm hoping that another good night's rest will prepare me for my energetic days to come, which will be spent mostly sunning myself on a boat, as it sails around and among the islands off Vietnam's Halong Bay. I'm looking forward to it, especially since my semi-retu...

Good day to you all, from a mighty relieved Dangerous Dave. I am still in Hoi An, but this is not necessarily what I am relieved about - nay, the fact that I am still anywhere, and still able to breathe Mother Nature's sweet, slightly polluted, air, is what has me feeling joyous (although probably not as happy as two others I met yesterday). But I exaggerate, as you will see - there's nothing quite like getting the reader interested though ;) So where did I leave...

Just a quick'un before I get my bus to Hoi An. The beach party was, I believe, fairly good fun, although for some reason my memory is fairly sketchy. Old age, I'm sure. The next day, however, was not quite so much fun, and was spent attempting to use the restorative powers of the sea, the sun, and the sand to rid my head, along with the rest of my body, of its irksome, and mysterious, aches and pains. (It is possible, I grant you, that these may have been a 'hang...

Hello from the sunny shores of Vietnam, onto which I stepped again, having spent today on a dive boat. Or rather, under a dive boat, since I was, as you might assume, diving. Yep, back in the water for Dave and his badly equalized ears, to take part in a Dive into Earth today...or something with a similar name - a programme to clean up the ocean bed and raise awareness about littering and its detrimental effects - an awareness that really does need elevating out ...