“Get out of sight.” Jeff said and we went below to where Mary Ann waited. Mother and daughter had a huge hug and a quick “Are you all right, Yes I’m fine” discussion.
Mary Ann turned to me, “Thank you, David.” She said. Second woman in the last half an hour to thank me. I must be doing something right.
Jeff had started the engines and we were slowly moving forward when the spotlight picked us up.
An amplified voice boomed out, first in the local language, and then in English. “Stop your vessel now and prepare for inspection.”
Jeff continued slowly forward.
The message was repeated and then Jeff, wearing a large hat I had not seen him put on turned on a megaphone and said something to them in Vietnamese followed by “No English.”
A brief discussion on shore with the next announcement b
