Back in harness

So, it has been quite a year! Amazing holiday in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, got married in April, did lots of travelling to friends and relatives during the summer (as well as Martine getting her CELT qualification) and now we are all off to Laos for a couple of years! (Alfred: Yes, ALL, me too. I mean, you saw the mess Ruairí made of the blog he was supposed to be writing from Asia in January: what hope would there be if I didn't come along for this experience!) And we start off with a week's honeymoon in the Hanoi City palace Hotel in ... Ha Noi, of course!

So, between us, Alfred and I will try and churn out the same high-quality fare that made our Rwandan blog so loved and appreciated by the ... dozens (Alfred: was it really that many?) of you who read it. First installment when we arrive in Ha Noi on Wednesday: meantime here are some photos of the wedding in April (try and spot Alfred in the huge crowd!)

Ken Goodwin and Marion Grace Woolley were our witnesses (both had been VSO volunteers in Rwanda with us). And then there was Martine's son, David and the master of ceremonies, Alfred!