OK so there I was minding my own business in an internet cafe, sitting far enough behind Jen so I could have a conversation but also read the person next door's email (as you do...) when I saw her read the following story...I then thought about the fact I a) had a fever, b) was short of breath, c)was coughing like a bad'un, and d) the penicillin I had been taking for a couple of days hadn't had any impact at all...and put 2 and 2 together...

To cut a long story short we jumped in a taxi to Saigon general hospital's a&e and had the once over (to be safe). The doc was superb - and again we were in and out in 30 mins and spent about 15 quid and got 3 drugs. He said I only had a slight temperature, but that my throat was imflamed and my chest sounded a little wheezy but not too bad. He gave me (another) potent mixture of horse pills and we jumped on the train north to Nha Trang.

This morning we arrived about 30 mins or so late, after a very smooth journey on a much better slepper train than we get in Thailand. we shared our compartment with a couple of middle-aged Vietnamese who spoke fairly good pidgeon English and made it clear that they just wanted to sleep which suited us just fine! We have arrived at our hotel and we've got a lovely room away from the centre of town - and we've got a bath!! Not a small one, but a big corner bath at that...

We've spent the morning catching up on a bit of sleep and we've booked a day of diving with Jeremy Stein's Rainbow Divers for the day after tomorrow. Both really looking forward to it. Mr Stein's company seem to get everywhere - they are on nearly every hotel sign/billboard. This either means they are very good or he's got a massive ego. Or both.

Our first impressions of Nha Trang are really good - we were told it is over-developed and a nightmare, really busy, but we've seen about 20 people so far and no traffic, noise, or big high-rise...not sure if we got off at the right station in fact...This afternoon we're gonna spend some time at the beach reading and topping up our tan, before heading back to thte hotel. We met a few guys at the hotel who've been here a few days so they may well show us the sights tonight. One of them was born and bred in Glossop and his Mum still goes to the WI there...small world eh?

As for the weather - 'it's hot damn hot, real hot, hotter than the seat of my shorts...'