[password] ghr286[position] 06 51.11N 106 54.55E
[course] 179t
[speed] 19.2
[weather] more sun and no rain. 33C yesterday.
[status]  Depth 40m and how they navigate through all the fishing boats I dont know. Had a great day in Sai Gon yesterday. That is the way it is spelled but with accents. It turned out to be only 1hr 15m on the new expressway. We found the site of a hotel that David had stayed in for a short in country R&R with a River Patrol boat mate and then made our way to the cathedral and the Presidential Palace which was very interesting. The bunker rooms had much of the old communications gear and lots of maps. Lots of history to read about and our bus guide filled in the sad gaps of a country that seems to have a thousand years of war with one foe or another. There was no problem with a US veteran  coming back. Just incredulity that someone who had been at Phan Thiet (Fire Base Betty) during the year of the TET in 1968, was alive to return! This was the remark of the manager of the old Tu Do Hotel! Good to be lucky. Shopping at the market was a trial as despite theoretically being communist, individual capitalism is alive and well but very annoying if you dont want to buy all the junk for sale[END]