Seeking sunshine and sand

Tomorrow I'm heading to Bangkok to catch up with some other volunteers, then on to Hanoi, in the north of Vietnam, to travel for 8 short days with a Sydney friend Kate who has been translating in Tokyo for a couple of years. Many adventures await! Hopefully including lots of boats on water in karst country (then it's back to work for a long while to replenish my leave days bank - not to worry).