Plane already here so looks as though we're on time. Mercifully it's an A380 as Emirates don't use the 787!

Time to relax before the flight.

Can't believe we're ready to go! Pickup at 5am tomorrow

Testing our stamina we are back in Doha about to embark on our 2nd overnight flight in 48 hours. But it was worth it to spend a wonderful day in Dubai, catching up with Simone and Dave. Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it is still known was exhilarating. Crawling the Cu Chi tunnels dug by the Vietcong in the 60s, running the gauntlet of the stall holders in the central market, suffering the ignominy of size XXXL trousers (Jean) and King Kong size shirt (Brian), sipp...

With 4 million motorcycles in the city, the pedestrians are definitely at a disadvantage but we've survived more than 48 hours and think the trick is to maintain a steady speed across the road so the drivers can plan how to miss you. It takes a great effort of will not to make a dash for it! Lunch was classic Vietnamese noodle dish - pho. Menu with pictures (we are in backpackers area) but 'what is ten don?' prompted graphic flexing of hand and pointing to wrist ...