We arrived at Ho Chi Minh at 7.30 am, after getting our baggage and clearing customs the first thing I saw was a Vietnamese person with the same name as me, written on his very large badge. Anyway we got chatting as you can probably imagine we have a lot in common, We got on so well that he even gave me a lift to our hotel. We checked in and were taken to a room without any window's, straight away I noticed the look of disappointment on Sandras face. Never mind ...

I'm laying on the left hand side of the bed waiting for the Captain to ring to tell me the plane's ready. On the right-hand side is Sandra who hasn't slept for 2 days, it's either her way of dealing with jetlag or she's nervous about Vietnam. Perhaps I'll tell her the war's over before we get there, anyway it's 4am and l am walking up and down the stairs with my back pack on. Get off the carpet with your shoes on, brought my backpack training to a shuddering hal...