Hanoi to Saigon, Tuesday April 5, 2005

The schedule called for us to get up and go shopping before leaving Hanoi. Thong had said we could sleep as late as we wanted, and then go. I said I’d not sleep. I was wrong. My stomach decided I’d done it wrong and started complaining the night before. I’d been getting twinges when we went to eat, but nothing very serious. It never did get serious, but I did not feel very well the next morning. I loafed in bed and watched TV. I started Ciprofloxacin, which has almost as bad a set of side-effects as what I was suffering (and interacts badly with theophylline, which I take). I slept most of the way on the plane.

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