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Greetings from Saigon!

A city that the hits you straight into the side of the head with a sledgehammer blow of stimuli, Thors Hammer would have a hard time matching this place! A dazzling variety of smells, ranging from the wonderfully fragrant to the eye-wateringly pugent. Sounds that can delight one moment and irritate the next. Sights from the intoxicatingly spell binding to harrowingly sad – thankfully we have had far more of the former that the latter, but in a country as poor and with such a history as Vietnam it’s hard to avoid the latter.

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Hi All,

Well, we made it – which is more than can be said about my luggage, which is at this moment somewhere between Cork and India… presumed holidaying in Santa Ponza. After a long journey, which involved a delayed flight from Abu Dhabi to Delhi (Abu Dhabi airport is an experience!), due to loose chickens in the cabin. That, at least, is what I was expecting! The leg from UAE to India was an interesting one. The flight left over an hour late, and (compared to the luxury of the London – Abu Dhabi leg) was cramped and full. I was expecting flying chickens in the cabin, and to look out and see a fakir lying on a bed of nails on the wing. There was a number of heated exchanges as the cabin crew warned a number of passengers that there was no smoking on the flight! But, 24 hours after leaving our homes in Cork, we arrived at Indira Ghandi Airport.

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