Yesterday we crossed the Chinese border into north-west Vietnam. It was a long day for me, having taken our first malaria tablets the night before, I was experiencing side-effects of stomach pains. Both of us hadn’t slept well and had […]
The beautiful Lake Baikal
Baikalsk is a town of about 12,000 people. Mainly young and old we were told. Until 3 years ago the pulp and paper mill which covered 2 square kilometres employed around 3000 workers. Good for the people as they had […]
Needles
It’s vaccination time. Yesterday, I had three jabs. Two in my left arm (hepatitis A and B in the same injection, and Japanese B encephalitis) and one in my right arm (rabies). These are the first of three jabs for […]
