Posted by sarah in Travel Blog
on April 24th, 2014 | Comments Off on South Vietnam, seaside resorts, the ghastly and the great
ASIDE RESORTS – THE AGREABLE AND THE GHASTLY
Quy Nong
A fishing resort where the water bounces with coracles like St Columba’s – the one he used to sail to Iona. We are in a marble workers hotel – v. grand indeed, and where everyone is young enough to be our grandchild and friendly and speaks no English, except for the receptionist a bit. Are we the only guests? Man in Saigon said they were taught Russian as 2nd language. We meet Ronnie Reynolds, an American who has been travelling for five years because it’s cheap – he has been in the US army, the Foreign Legion...