Vietnam

Back on the road after Bodhi Villa was quite a shock. Breakfast this morning was not the tranquil affair, glowing from yoga and lingering towards lunch over Lao coffee and fresh orange juice.

Our first experience of Vietnam was typical, after a straight forward border crossing on motorcycles we changed bikes to get to the ferry port at Ha tien, to be told that the ferry was not running. We had head of this scam, but agreed to be taken to next stop down the road where our fears were confirmed. We refused to give the drivers any money, and took a bus to the next ferry port. They knew they were caught out, and had a wasted journey. We were very calm, and were pround of our selves for not beating them up and stealing their wheels.

This turned out to be a worthwhile stop, as it allowed me to get my laptop up and running, after the solid state harddrive became corrupted. Thankyou damn small linux and e2fsck! We also had time to get a good sleep and readjustment. Chris has been updating his blog at Chris' blog

We are about to board the ferry to Phu Quoc island for Chrismas, we hope to camp out and find at least a chicken to bbq.

I hope you folks are enjoying the seasons festivities, please hold a glass to our repective healths as we are thinking of you too.