There were two gates into the base, one was guarded by US mp's and the other by ARVN's (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) where the locals came on base... There were a couple bars on base for EM and NCO's but they were nothing more than beer joints..there was a VNAF (Vietnamese Air Force) club that had a bar and sauna and massage. The VNAF Club had a bar with "hostesses" and you could buy them a "Tea" and cop a feel or two and the massage and sauna you could take a steam bath and shower with warm. Which is exactly what I'd ordered over the Internet. Of course I didn't tell mom that. I even pretended to call the front desk when we discovered it. And then I had a pretend conversation with the dead line."They're completely sold out. Due to the bike ride and the tourists and everything, we can't get another room," I explained to mom once I'd hung up. "I'll sleep on the couch". She wasn't happy but what could she do. We unpacked. I put both our disguises and the paint cans on the desk in full. " She stared at me a second. "In fact, if you fluffed yourhair up some, you'd still sort of look like a girl, if you walked likeone." Debbie said, "Let's use the wig instead..."***09:17 14 Dec I felt like more of an idiot than usual, parading through the lobbyin my usual scruffy geek clothes, with heels on my feet. "To remind meto walk right," Debbie had said. But, damnit, she was right again. Nobody looked at me twice, noteven the old battleaxe that was supposed to keep the. They're young marrieds like us. One couple just got back from their honeymoon last week. If you're interested, we could make introductions."Garrett grunted non-commitally. "Tell me more about the newlyweds," he said.Elaine laughed. "Thought that might get your attention. Sophie's only 21 and just started as a teaching assistant at my school. Rob -- her husband -- is older, around 30 I think. He manages an electronics store." And what makes you think they'd be interested?" Garrett asked."We went.