A motorbike adventure through Northern Vietnam ended abruptly for me after an accident 20kms from Bac Ha in Lao Cai province. Suffered multiple hand fractures and cracked ribs. Finally made it into hospital in Hanoi for surgery on my left hand 48 hours later. Plate and seven screws permanently inserted under a general anaesthetic, then once I checked myself outta there, it was onward to Cambodia to climb those awesome temples (one handed). Whoa! Nothing compares to the majesty and grandeur of Angkor. Incredibly friendly people, a lot of whom, despite experiencing many horrors in the past, always greeted me with the broadest of smiles.
