Our main destination this day was to be the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, the charity I raised the cash for when I did my Walk. We picked up a taxi to get there, though it turned out not to be so far out and closer to the old building than I’d thought. The new premises [...]

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Next day we walked the streets with Kat and Hanno. Nothing new, just checking the shops and seeing what’s changed. And believe me, Hanoi has changed since my last visit. Prices are higher, housing is making way for businesses and there are four or five KFCs including one at the top of Hoan Kiem Lake [...]

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We walked down the road to have breakfast in a boulangerie which supports a local charity. The pastries were excellent and just right for a starting meal. We panicked a little as it got close to the time when our bus was meant to pick us up, so flagged down a taxi to take us [...]

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Our Man in Newcastle (formerly Our Man in Hanoi) will be speaking at a meeting of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) at the Civic Centre in Newcastle, on June 10th at 7:30pm. In his words: There’ll be me and (I think) other ex volunteers all taking the stand for seven to eight minutes to tell our [...]

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