Lots to report, but....

I lack the time to report them. We are now in Ha Noi, Vietnam, arriving here this morning after a nice, relaxing stay in Hoi An. Upon arriving in Ha Noi, we have made plans through to Laos on the 6^th.

There is only one small problem…

I am basically going to have no internet (or laptop) between now and then. You see, tomorrow, our heroes embark in a 2 day, 1 night tour of Ha Long Bay, where we will be spending the 1 night on a boat, in the bay. We arrive back in Ha Noi at 4:30 on the 3^rd just to hop on a train, and book it up to a town in Northern Vietnam called Sapa. This is a town nestled right in the mountains, only 30 kms from the Chinese boarder.

That will be a 2 day, 3 night trip, getting back to Ha Noi at 5:30am on the 6^th. Less than 4 hrs after that, we will be hopping on a plane en route to Louan Praubang, Laos. So you see, internet and posting time may be limited for the next 5-6 days. But I promise a monster post once we reach Laos.

As you can see, our time in HaNoi was limited, so we had to do everything we wanted to do here in one day. Really, we only had one MUST to do here, and we completed it tonight.

I drank snakes blood tonight. I actually drank the entire snake heart. I also indulged in 5 dishes, all made from the meat, skin, and bone of the snake that we had just killed and drank just moments sooner.

Oh, I also drank the snake bile, which, when mixed with Vodka turns green.

Trevor drank the blood, and ate the snake with me. Michele took a little coaxing, but eventually had some snake to eat as well, but couldn’t be bothered to take the shot.

Anyways, I know it was a quick post, but I have to be up nice and early to head out to Ha Long Bay. Sorry about the promptness of this post, and it should be known there are a couple good stories to tell from Hoi An, but most of it revolves around the clothes we all had made, and free rum at a bar we found. There was plenty of dancing on pool tables, plenty of beach time, and plenty of rain in between.

Hope all is well in Canada! Talk to you in just less than a weeks time (at the latest!)…

MB