Tracy at Vietnam Book Street, Saigon - September 2025 I had the great pleasure of catching up with some dear friends on the West Coast recently. We don’t get to speak often, but when we do, it always feels like taking a long drink of water after not realising how thirsty you’ve been. They asked how things were going in Vietnam, and when I said, “It’s been over five months now,” they looked genuinely stunned. Time does that. When you’re in the thick of daily life, it’s easy to