Hi everyone and welcome to my blog, this is my first entry so keep with me if things go a little awry. As you all know I will shortly be going to Vietnam with VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) to work in their HIV and AIDS programme. The past couple of months have been very busy, my flat has had to be emptied in preparation for letting, a cathartic experience, that finally meant donating some 20 years worth of accumulated books to charity, together with medicals and vaccinations, I feel as though I should be immune to most things now, though the comprehensive VSO medical breifing as made me aware of the wide variety of illnesses, hazards and general incoveniances that I am still likely to encounter. The past few days have been spent at Harbonne Hall,
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