Well, fancy that!

I'm boarding a flight in 7 hours to Hanoi, Vietnam! 

Ironically I was never really that bothered about Vietnam, I was more enthusiastic about Cambodia and Laos but they require more than a Reading Week to do properly. 

I am now, however, rather excited about it all!

We are heading south to Ho Chi Min City and will be stopping off in Halong Bay (the hills coming out of the bay, it was in Top Gear with the bar and looks kind of like the Hallelujah Mountains from Avatar!), Hoi an (for some tailor-made suits, naturally) Da Nang, and lots of other places in between.

My plans had been to head to the Philippines with Sam, Beth, Amanda, Mia and Matt but, as you know, I got allergic to my antimalarials which effectively put an end to that idea! They left earlier today 

and should be landing nowish in Clark (just north of Manila, the capital) and are headed to the Chocolate Hills tomorrow (my idea btw :P) THEY ARE CRAZY COOL!! After the Chocolate Hills they are going to work their way back up the islands until they fly back on Friday.

(see!)

Our flight back gets in on Monday evening so prepare for some uber-blogging after that!