Update from Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

We all survived the flights without too much stress, even though Sophie had a fever. At least being second time parents we were all prepared for such an event and had everything with us that we needed to help her. We found a nice place for dinner last night - kid friendly, both local and more Western food (I had goat, but they also had deer and boar on the menu) which they barbequed on a hot plate in the middle of the table. You can imagine which young man liked that! We also found a great park nearby with sand and lots of good things to play on. Here, the kids generated more attention - both adults and kids came up to them to stroke their cheeks, say hello, stare, and pick up William (eg. to help us negotiate some steps). When I took S to the nearby market, at least 50 people pinched her checks as she slept in the pram, "how cute, how many month?". It must be pretty foreign to W and S, who are coping fine with it so far - they seem to take it in their stride, while looking pretty stunned by the heat anyway. I should add that Andrew's beard is also generating a lot of attention, which he seems to be coping with well!