Alarm clock set for 4.30 am. Had spent the previous 3 days working at my daughter and son in law's new flat in Copenhagen, with my wonderful brother Ole, while my daughter and extended "family in law" were celebrating a 70th birthday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

As usual I woke up 1 minute before the alarm went off, and made short work of the one kilometer to the Metro, which would take me directly to Copenhagen airport. A good day to leave Denmark - cold and rainy.

The trip from Copenhagen to Doha was uneventful. Just before arriving in Saigon the captain warned that we might hit the tail end of a cyclone. It didn't happen, and 06.30 in the morning I finally set foot in Vietnam. Let the games begin.