Mike Tonkins

Writer's Biography

Mike Tonkins currently studies English Literature and English Language at Edinburgh University. He took a gap year in South-East Asia, taught in Ho Chi Minh City for 4 months and then travelled through Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

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Featured Travel Stories in Oriental Tales Magazine

Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Misadventures in the Mekong Delta - Story by Mike Tonkins
- Premier Online Issue

One night I got a text message when I was sitting in a bar. I thought it was going to be one of my nightly 'Good night MIKE I hope you have sweet dream' texts that my students take turns to send me. Turns out that 'Student Unknown 9' wanted me to meet her parents. After a heavy weekend in Saigon, the peace and tranquility of the Delta seemed like a great idea.

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