The Mighty Mekong

So I was woken up by roosters crowing and thought wow I slept well, it's morning already.....but no....it was 11.30pm......and they crowed...ALL BLOODY NIGHT...geez, do these chooks not know it's night time. So needless to say I didn't have great sleep....and as usual sleeping beauty didn't hear a thing. My calves still hurt like hell and I also discovered I have cankles.....god I'm falling apart and it's only day 3. There were a couple of down pours before breakfast which cooled it down as it was already warm. Back on the boat for an hour and seeing the water in daylight was a bit disappointing with all the rubbish in it. We met the rest of our tour group and got on their bigger boat and went around the floating markets. We stopped off to have a look at a rice paper and noodle factory where at is all made by hand. It was really cool. Then off up the river to have a look at a cool orchard where for about 5 minutes we thought we had been left behind and panicked ever so slightly but we found everyone and all was good. There was another massive down pour which luckily we were undercover for. Back in the boat and back to the town for lunch then on the bus again. This is where I started getting another massive headache and have decided that the only thing I did the same as Wednesday when I got one was have a Saigon beer......so no more of that for me. The trip back to Ho Chi Minh was uneventful. We went back to the same motel and got our same room. I was on a mission to get some panadol as I thought my head was about to explode, along with my now elephant sized feet and ankles. After a shower and a lay down I felt a bit better so we went and had some dinner and as soon as we got outside it rained on us......lucky it's hot so the rain is nice. We decided to go back to the massage place and both got a hot rock foot massage which I am hoping will do wonders for my calves and feet. We are off on the first leg of our bus trip tomorrow heading to Na Trang. Alvo xo