Brother Friendly writes in with the new lowdown about his first few days in Hanoi. It's entertaining reading, but we were particularly struck by his opening paragraph:
There's not too many computer-chip-designing, pony-tail-having, former-Saab-driving expatriates who can link the invention of the light bulb, the battle of Gettysburg and a trip to the local Vietnamese electronics shop with such élan. Salud!Monday was a day of successes. No, there was nothing akin to the carbonized filiment at Menlo Park or the wheel right maneuver holding the high ground on Little Round Top, but little steps start great journeys.
