Have you ever wondered how english songs end up in the charts in non-english speaking countries? We spent an hour or so at a bar in Saigon called 'Acoustic'; a pretty plush live music venue. Until covers of Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams came on we were entertained by local Vietnamese music that was actually pretty good.

Today was one of those days tourists need when they have travelled for a few weeks - sleep in, grab a late breakfast, shop, shop, shop, grab lunch, shop, shop, hotel for shower, beer, meet shannon, beer, meet shannon's new girlfriend, have dinner with shannon, steve, lizzie, quan, and jenny, then go to aforementioned bar. To anyone trying to contact me by mobile I apologise - whilst in Asia my phone bill became due and from lack of net meant it was late by 7 days, and 3 Mobile in their wisdom has cut me off. So, to 3 Mobile, reconnect me seeing as my bill is paid! Quite possibly the most average service I have seen from a telco in a longtime.

We fly back tomorrow night and while we've loved every minute of our trip it will be nice to be home and not living out of a pack and moving every couple of days. A retrospective and a 'culinary journey' update is due shortly. See you all soon.