After some 3 weeks of R&R following the disaster after m/y Trident I saw myself joining ship again. This time in Da Nang, Vietnam to commission and deliver a newbuild from Damen. I flew in via Ho Chi Minh city where I was to collect my business visa and then fly onwards to Da Nang.
HCM, or Saigon, was packed with tourists and I queued up the best I could, locals were not very good in it. After reporting to the booth I was told to go to "landing visa" queue for getting visa.
Oh well, luckily there were no people but was told by a surly clerk that I am one day early as per my letter of invitation, come back after midnight, they said.
I went to the airline desk to rebook my flight as I was going to miss my connection but the guy there was of the opinion I would be able to get my visa and join the flight.
Visa scrum
