Tempus Fugit and all that jazz... Our time in District 2 of Saigon has flown by since we hopped across town from D4 on 13 Dec 18. It’s been fabulous being in Saigon for 5 weeks altogether as it’s been a perfect opportunity for jewellery - specifically, getting my jewellery wardrobe sorted out (as you do). Several rings needed resizing, alternately up or down (the garnet ring from a flea market in Georgia needed to drop something like 10 sizes!) I had a pair...

The Turkish Airlines flight from Dublin to Ho Chi Minh was via Istanbul was excellent - though the Dublin to Istanbul leg was an hour and a half late arriving as the weather over Istanbul was diabolical - so much rain we’re lucky the plane didn’t dissolve. James was full of painkillers to the point of rattling, so travelled in relative comfort with his big shoulder wound. It helped being in the pointy end of the plane. (We bought the flight on miles/points...