After Dalat we move on to Nha Trang, a coastal resort. We take a boat trip to the nearby islands & begin to understand the importance of flexibility in the workplace when we realise that the same three guys who between them have driven our bus, been our guide, sailed the boat we're on & served our food are also our afternoon's entertainment. They introduce themselves as the best boy band in the world (two of them are definitely over 50) & with two upturned plastic barrels, a rusty cymbal & a couple of guitars treat us some topnotch if slightly left field versions of Elton John's 'Sacrifice', Four Non-Blondes''What's Going On' & every body's favourite, Wham's 'Last Christmas'.
Can't help noticing that the Booksellers here are also keen to diversify & seem to have established a seamless 'Okay, you don't want a book. How about some marijuana?' routine. Major bookshop chains take note!
