Today I've been motorbikin' around Cat Ba Island, and taking in a bit of the National Park where you can hike up to a rickety watchtower in the jungle and go up six flights of rusty stairs to a viewing platform. No sign of the endangered monkey species of Cat Ba Langurs though: apparrently there are only 60 left. Linda took a boating option to rest her still-swollen ankle following the motorbike tumble, but it's been a cold day and it can't have been much fun.

We're a little bored with the food. You can have anything you like so long as it's spring rolls + beef/pork/chicken +/- stir fry/noodles/fried rice or noodle soup or fish +/- chilli or soy sauce. Looking forward to the culinary variety available everywhere in Thailand.

I have a theory that they invented the Pot Noodle in Vietnam, and will be investigating.