Arrived!

We landed on time at 6.30am to temp of 28C , by the time I got out of the airport the temp had risen and it felt a bit like a sauna, the sauna heated up during the day to a peak of 37C.

Andy and Orlo were there to meet me but they had a long wait as my bag was almost the last off the carousel, and the extra bag had been left behind in Paris, so there were forms to fill in etc! We are expecting it to be delivered to the apartment any time now......

The drive in to the city took about 45mins, lots of scooters and cyclists on the road, but the cars appear to drive very carefully and like to use their horns a lot!  Andrew and Amanda's apartment is on the fifth floor overlooking Tay Ho lake, so it has  a very open  feel to it. The day passed in a bit of a jet lag haze, but I kept going until 8.0pm, with just an hour nap in the afternoon ......not bad considering I had only had about 3 hrs sleep on the plane.

Last night we had a fantastic sunset, then watched an electric storm in the dark.

I feel human again now after a good nights sleep. We woke to thunder and rain, it is very overcast and looks as though it will rain much of the day. We got a taxi to take Orlo to school and Amanda continued on to her office. Andrew has shown me the coffee shop, the mini food market, the place to get the best bread and the vet shop to buy the cat food, so that's all the basics covered. We walked home, it's just over half a mile which is fine in today's temperature.......I just have to remember the route through the narrow streets and lanes......I am on my own from tomorrow as Andrew leaves for Mongolia tonight. I will explore more on my own tomorrow......with help of Google maps ;)