greetings from our last day in hoian, we are out of ammunition and are unable to hold our line so are being forced to retreat south we have engaged the enemy in close quarter fighting but they have proved to be our equal, troops continue to grow in confidence, nam is a little different from 2003 but there is still an amazing contrast between real poverty and tradition and the bustle of people on the move, people are still amazingly friendly and the trip is everything we hoped with the troops being magnificent and the parents have been blown away with their approach and character I , of course, suspected they might be, luckily it is not as hot as last time but still pretty sticky the general