Here in Nam its been pretty crazy. After some lovely trekking up in Sapa we came back to Hanoi briefly and then onto Ha Long Bay. Here we enjoyed a rather luxurious boat trip and saw the beautiful limestone karsts. Over the last few days on both trips we met some amazing people and saw some crazy things.
I have to admit a highlight of the trip was going to monkey island and seeing a rather strange
This is my island and don't you forget it
Russian lady try to pose provocatively with the monkeys. She crawled up to the alpha male monkey and made what I can only describe as bedroom eyes at the monkey while about 20 shocked tourist onlookers were very uncomfortable. She eventually backed off after several warnings from the guide and left the poor monkey alone without doing anything inappropriate. Shortly afterwards another woman ignored the guides advice to keep away from the monkey and was then bitten and scratched by a very angry monkey. The woman was a bit upset and headed off to hospital when we got back. I am sure she was OK and will in future heed the advice of the guide when she is told not to go near the monkeys.
In the evening things turned rather boozy with free rice wine shots and even some shots of the rather lovely local delicacy of snake wine. This is basically a jar of rice wine witha dead snake and the contents of the snakes gall bladder in it. I have to say it was one of the most disgusting things I have ever tried.
Shortly afterwards Jo cut her foot on some glass and luckily a lovely nurse who we met came to the rescue and bandaged it up so all is OK.
Better go as we are now on yet another bus to head down to Hue.
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