Day 44: 22/7/13 I didn't feel great last night on the overnight train. I'd a pain in my tummy again, like before but thankfully no trips to the toilet- that would have been horrendous as the smell in the toilet was bad enough to make the healthiest person vomit! I slept a bit, but not enough. We arrived in Hanoi around six in the morning. Hanoi is the capital. When Hue was the capital it was called a different name- like Tanlong- which means dragon rising and Ha...

Day 43: 21/7/13 (This was finished in April 2014 so may not be 100% accurate!) We didn't have to do anything today until check out so we had a well-deserved sleep in!! I thought I might get up a bit earlier but I was just too tired! We checked out and most people were checking out at the same time so about 11 of us went for lunch. We went to a cafe that the guide had recommended which was good. The owner was also a photographer so while you were waiting for your ...

Day 42: 20/7/13 Breakfast- short change Tour 9:30 Village Thanh- bridge (hotel), 17c, flood, wedding couple, rice museum- singing Fortune teller- 33, Thai man- 5 boys Conical hat- thun- agent orange, paper inside Kings tomb- where buried- many wives, nuns- 3rd king Lunch- Buddhist nuns Incense making Bunker hill- perfume river, hamburger hill Dragon boat- pagoda- dragon boa sleepy photos Save photos- stupid camera Home dinner

Day 41: 19/7/13 This morning we got a bus to Hue. We managed to get all our patients on the bus- including some new ones!! There's about three people not feeling well now- it better not keep spreading!! Although, they all have different complaints! Hue was the capital city of Vietnam during the Nguyen dynasty- so it was a royal city (from 1802-1945 maybe??). In 1945 the 13th king abdicated the throne to Ho Chi Minh and there was the French war and so on. As it wa...

Day 40: 18/7/13 My son temple Guide- American interpreter Hoi An- Cham, Hindu, 4th c, they discover my son, next to it the capital- built temples by wood- last to 7th c, bush fire- 8th c built by brick 13thc left the area- Cham king fell in love with viet king daughter- gave land Viet came to hou an in 14th c 15yj g - Japan- community, built bridge- left in 1860 because Frenh Dragon- head in India, body here, tail in Japan- bridge to support it. 11/3/11 ear...