General Twitter and some nice pictures of Rural Vietnam to remind myself that it can be terribly charming everywhere other than Hanoi

As it's a mild but muggy 31 degrees here, i'm heading out for some lunch before finishing my packing.

Had a look round the markets this morning and almost got into a violent

confrontation with a man who mends shoes, who actually tried to break mine, so I would pay him to mend it! He poked at it with a sharp thing whilst I was looking at something else, and when I moved away, kept trying to grab my leg and shoe!! I had to shove him off away from me as it was getting a bit scary and annoying, and he got angry. I got substantially angrier. He stood up, to begin a full on shouty confrontation, realised I was a foot taller and about twice his weight, and much more pissed off, as i was already hot, hungry and lost...

He backed down.

This city really is a total armpit of a place.

So here are some nice photos of the better bits of Vietnam for you instead.