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I would like welcome the first Chinese readers to GuerillaZ. Ni Hao. 是 And a big thankyou to all readers of Nha Trang. The number of readers of this post is still ahead of any other post. Thankyou. Cam on. спасибо. Nha Trang R & R This city was where US troops came on their rest days. For R & R. It is perfect for that. A commercial beach resort but somehow not really. There is plenty of available beach away from the sun loungers and umbrellas. How Nha Trang makes me feel:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=94qlBDqQCAM 'Remember Me' by Tame Impala US Troops arriving at Nha Trang, 1968 The year 1968 was a key year in the war against US forces. The turning point. The Tet offensive. The brilliant general Võ Nguyên Giáp , also the victor at Dien Bien Phu (when the French were finally forced from Viet Nam) was assumed to be behind The Tet offensive but it was not the case. He disapproved of the plan. For this blog it is the beginnin...

If you like reading stories travel narrative Then why not read my short stories? They Nearly all Contain Elements of travel. It is a permanent theme in my writing. All stories are already published in print or online and Collected here. None is along than 4 or 5 pages long. Just follow the link to whichever story you like the sound of . Find me on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/robert.harding.9022 Fiction Writing Magazine: Notes from the Underground Story Title: Postcards From the Dead http://www.nftu.co.uk/2012/06/04/postcards-from-the-dead-by-robert-harding/ Magazine: Ink, Sweat and Tears Poem Title: Idyll http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?p=107 Poem Title: Robert Harding is Dead   http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/ Magazine: Structo Story Title: He's A Bull http://issuu.com/structo/docs/issue8 Magazine: Ranfurly Review Story Title: Cold Feet http://www.ranfurly-review.co.uk/issues/Th...

And a big thank you to new readers from Indonesia, Estonia and Ukraine. Apocalypse Now     Sai Gon    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytOD9ZxLvEs Sai Gon Saigon. I'm still only in Saigon. Every day I'm here I get softer and every day Charlie is in the jungle, he gets stronger. The opening words. Apocalypse Now .  You do get soft here. But for all the right reasons. Sure Sai Gon is all rush and pell mell industry but carried out in an heroic way. Human endeavour carried in good spirits. It's what I found anyway. No question. I spent some weeks in Sai Gon but encountered no aggression. In fact you meet people here very easily. Another great boon. People are friendly in a way I have not experienced at another point on the globe so far. Local people still call Ho Chi Minh City Saigon. Saigon is essentially the old French quarter, now known as District One or Dong Khoi. It's an invigorating place to say the least. Af...

* First of all I'd like to thank the new readers from Spain, Cuba and Canada who have visited the GuerillaZ travel blog this week. A Change of Plan Back over the border into Laos. Vietnam must wait. One of the joys of being on the road. Changing plans. True, that set of four zips on your rucksack starts making that familiar noise as items are packed back in ahead of schedule. Particularly the zip that got sea water in from Kerala and won't shift without a series of curses from me. That Luang is the National Monument and the symbol of Laos as a nation. I missed Laos when I was in Cambodia. Phnom Penh was such a hectic place and so terribly hot in June. Laos is a place to return to and has wrestled, with some ease, India from top spot in my eyes. China, and Dali in particular, was a great place and relaxed too. But the grief over getting the visa was very tough. I'm sure it would be easier getting the visa in your home country. Chinese ...