Punched in the head en route to Saigon

On Tuesday night we went out and sampled Nha Trang's local "delicacy", the Bucket. Big mistake! The bucket consists of Vietnamese vodka, Vietnamese Red Bull and assorted other stuff served up in a bucket.

We woke up on Wednesday morning with splitting head aches and me with a flip-flop full of blood! Apparently I mangled the end of my toe on the walk home! After a brief attempt at eating lunch, and a trip to puke in the bathroom I decided I had to get outside.

We spent the rest of the afternoon lying in the shade on the beach and trying to recover! Charlotte had perked up by mid-afternoon, but I was still pretty rough. I believe its not a hangover because its still going on now (Thursday evening) I am dizzy, my stomach hurts and I have been making several quick dashes to the bathroom!

On Wednesday night we caught the night train from Nha Trang to Saigon and arrived at around 4am, luckily there were a couple of rooms ready in the hotel so we could all pile into them. I attempted breakfast having eaten nothing all day Wednesday but had to leave as the smell of other people's food was making me want to barf. I had to retire for the day. Charlotte went on a trip with the rest of the group to the Cu Chi tunnels and I am super-pissed off that I missed it as this was one of the things I was looking forward to most! Luckily Charlotte took loads of ace photos and filmed most of the day, so I have been able to experience some of it!

I couldn't go out for tea as whenever i stood up I was so dizzy I was nearly falling over, but Charlotte brought me back some veggie rice and I finally managed to eat something!

Tomorrow we are leaving at 8am to go to the Mekong Delta, where we are doing a homestay where we will be staying in a house with some local people! We will get to sample some real home made rice wine too!

I'm starting to feel much better having eaten and I am drinking plenty of water. Charlotte has been an absolute star looking after me. Hope everyone at home is well!