Mysteries of the Deep

I have to stop drinking. Vietnam has some great beer for virtually no money. My left ear started bleeding a few days back. I think some of the brain which attends to focussing my eyes may have leaked out. As fortune would have it, Singapore beer is really expensive. Last night I only had a […]

Supply and Demand In Hoi An a few days back, an area in heart of Vietnam which is experiencing a crop-threatening drought, I was caught in two days of torrential downpour. Enough water to instantly flood the road. Twelve dollars per cubic metre of water, my arse. Sitting in a cafe under some tarpaulin, I

Any claims by web sites that the beach here is littered with hypodermics and condoms are unfounded. I have found only one condom on the beach in an hour. But the place is littered with dodgy characters. And a first for me – something I’ve never seen before – a man with no arms and