Saigon...

Dear Grandmother,


Coming into country I had to wait two hours at a border post while backpackers stuffed their bags into an xray machine which was located in a corrugated iron shack. Then we received papers that told us we were disease free despite any kind of medical check up. Strangely enough the papers cost us 2000 D surplus to the visa cost... I wonder why that is?

They say it's best to die in your first week here, the reasoning being that you're not worth as much. I guess that's why they call us FNG's. I've only been here a day Grandmother and I love it already.

Tell Mom and dad...

Well, just tell them.