'Lonely Planet' has horror stories about Nha Trang. Kamikaze hookers roam the beaches at night, holding your crotch in a death-grip while they relieve you for your money, local youth gangs tazering hapless tourists, massage parlours emptying your wallets while you enjoy massages, cabdrivers scamming ruthlessly - no surprises here - and so-called "guides" hang around in temples to offer you a helping hand. A very interesting place this is. We are well-prepared. ...

Finally. Finally. After more than six weeks of no sea, beach in sight, finally here we are. I have waited for this for such a long time. Love the sea. Love it! The weather is gorgeous, not a single cloud in the sky, the sun inviting! I could stay here forever! We get off the bus, take a moto to one of the hotels. It is now around 14:00 hours. The price is agreeable, I even manage to bargain some and we only pay $6 per person per night. Including beach-side s...

Vietnam. Platoon. Saigon. These are the first thoughts that spring into my mind. What else could it be? In the past decades we have been bombarded by the media about the Vietnam war. There is no escaping it. However, how horrible it may seem, the people here have been much better off than in Cambodia. There the war is still deeply encased in the national psyche, the old Khmer Rouge is still in power, people still killed, maimed daily by unexploded landmines. Vi...