Yes you all know we are actually in New Zealand...but havn't written blog for here yet!...here is Vietnam story for now...more soon! Keep posting messages...reading even if I'm not writing. Vietnam 17th - 30th JanuaryOK here goes for a whirlwind blog of Vietnam....very very overdue!...and now subject to selective memory ....mostly de-selecting Bob's runs, hotel bound and kidney problem! I think I told you about my moterbike trip up Sam mountain from Chau Doc to...

BANGKOKMonday 5th January 2010Bangkok First impressions....clean, regular roads, dual carriageways, lack of potholes, traffic lights, traffic stays in lanes, not dusty, no piles of rubble and rubbish, developed...concrete and glass buildings, multi-stories and flyovers...this immediatly feels like a different country.'First' our rice barge guide picked us up. He was named First as he was the first born son! Very nice guy..transport was very posh air conditioned m...

Cambodia 11th -16th January Actually in Bumrungrad hospital Bangkok...Bob just gone in for second op ...both nervous....already spent over an hour on this then hung!...bl*** computers!...Anyway maybe a Thai massage would be a better idea for me!....so this is the 'Cambodian blog..take 2...hope you enjoy it. We travelled to the border in a private mini-bus ..very comfortable and really interesting scenery..mostly very flat with a few hills as we approached the...

we are out of hospital...for a few days! Bobs back in on Monday for minor op...then we're off to Singapore on the 18th. Completely missed Thailand ( not altogether..Bangkok, Kanchaburi ( Kwai) and Rice Barge trip )..and Malaysia ..but either we'll reorganise our trip to come back..or it will have to be another year! Main thing is that Bob has had good care here and we've had a good place to stay...and is now recuperating.

No we're not really on the sea...but are out of hospital...for a few days! Bob has had his op which went well...he's feeling OK but tired. He goes back in as a day patient on Monday to have a tube which is still there removed..and alongwith it the remnants of the pesky kidney stone. Now in our wonderful little oasis of a wonderful 50's hotel..with gently jazz in the background..with fresh watermelon and banana juice in his hand...and bl**** can't believe it....t...