Mike-diary: The Ho Hoam Kiem turtle

Dispatches from IndoChine (March 6)The Ho Hoan Kiem turtle is dying.This event is national news here. The VN Yahoo homepage has photos of a rather tread-worn terrapin gracing its lead story. There is gossip on the street. He has died. Or, no, the People's herpetologists have devised a plan to save him. He has not been seen today, or he has been seen 3 times today, which is inauspicious. Or he has