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Well the journey continues and I am well enough to take back from Michael the Blog writing now that he has had his small victory win and at James’s request no more lame Dad jokes.

Unfortunately the specialist could not treat me in HCMC and he organised a medical evacuation back to Singapore. Dr Ion Terakawa from the Family Medical Practice was fantastic and travelled with us back to Singapore on Friday night.

I was operated on in the National University Hospital on the Saturday morning and other than a few holes have made a full recovery that we can continue the journey into China. Our insurance company Chartis have been extremely helpful in getting us back to Singapore and teeing the doctors up. Thank you Ray for your advice.

The hospital was excellent with the room being bigger than some of the hotels that we had stayed in. The medical staffs were first class and fears that it would be worse than what Vimal had at the Alfred were unfounded with a very modern and well-staffed hospital.

Michael spent most of his time organising various parties to get me here and stayed with me most of the time. He did find time to explore Singapore’s Chinatown and find things to eat that I did not want to hear about.

Have now organised the Mongolian visa here in Singapore and will book our China flight after Wednesday’s appointment.  Follow up appointment with Professor Jimmy So spent more time talking to Michael about Irkutsk and the trip. So all must be ok.

Now booked to go to China Thursday night to Beijing to let the trip continue.