I am now on Phu Quoc Island and trying to catch up on the blogs, so here goes. I woke up this morning not feeling well at all, raspy throat, increasingly congested, but took my antibiotics and set out to make the best of the day. With some advice from the hotel, I decided to take the public bus #1 to Cholon, known as the Chinatown area, to explore the market there. Although unknownst to me the bus ended at the bus station in Cholon, I wasn't quite sure about wh...

As I started the computer, the TV had what I think was the Vietnamese version of American idol, but no one who seemed to have quite the character of any of the US judges (of course, I can't understand a word they are saying). So what are the other TV choices - here are my guesses - unbelievably melodramatic Korean soap operas, Vietnamese comedy shows (I can tell from the canned laughter), Chinese medieval war stories (these I recognize from China), some soccer ga...