Hi everyone , last update before i leave Saigon Saturday for Nha Trang which is on the coast further north. I think this hotel i,m in was used to hold prisoners during the war as the rooms are the size of a cell and above the bed someone named Captain Gomez has scrathed his name on the wall and crossed of the months. Staying at the Diamond Bay Resort Nha Trang which is a bit upmarket but hell after a week here i need it. I think when the Viet Cong won the war they didn't go home to their loved ones they stayed here and become scam artists to beat the westerners for a second time. Of all the places in the world i've been this is scam city by far. Interesting day yesterday. Caught the ferry to Vung Tau (one and a half hours away) and found this fantastic seafood restraunt so close to the ocean i could nearly soak my feet under the table. Great seafood , cold beer , cooling breeze , great views and nobody to share it with . Oh well. When i left the restraunt thought i would walk along the coast for a bit. After awhile a guy on a motorbike askedif i needed a lift . Big mistake i agreed. This is where i have another encounter with corrupt cops. He did not have a second helment which didn't bother me as i have been flying around Saigon without one for a week no problem.(i know dangerous but if you looked inside some of these helments there is no way you would put them on your head). Pulled up by two motor bike cops for no friggin helment. While my driver and the young cop screamed at each other i pulled older cop aside and suggested it might be nice for me to pay for him and his wife to go to a nice restraunt. His english not good but finally got message through and everyone relaxed. He then asked if i mind if he took his girlfriend to restraunt and not his wife. (at this point i didn't give a shit who he took) Slipped him money , big smiles all round and as i shook his hand i said i hoped his girlfriend gave him an STD. He said thank you,thank you and waved as i got back on bike (no helment) and drove off. Wish i was around when the doc explains to him about STD. Hope the llttle shit remembers me. Recall an old saying (i know i have many) diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. At Lees suggestion had drinks on terrace top of Majestic hotel. Very swish and romantic unfortunately i was with Kim my trusty driver and he;s definately not my type. Well all take care will touch base from Nha Trang