Good Morning Vietnam

This time next week I should be in Vietnam with most of my class, if things go as planned. It's quite an opportunity. We'll be planting mangroves around Ha Long Bay as part of a project conducted on an EcoBoat, trying to establish a healthy mangrove habitat around the bay. Also we'll have some time to spend in Hanoi.

In my teenage years Hanoi meant blanket bombing by B52s. Some things have changed hugely for the better. But was all that suffering worth it? History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. I might be misquoting Mr Dedalus, but Joyce, as usual, is uncannily correct when it comes to the big stuff.

Better plant than rant.