I met Matt and Kat in Ninh Binh in northern Vietnam. They were a British couple cycling across Southeast Asia for six months. Being the only people in our guesthouse, we spent a couple evenings eating, drinking beer, and talking. We became friends out of necessity, less for them because they had each other and more for me, who was a bit bored from being alone.

And then, like so many travel relationships, it was time lớn say good-bye. In the blink of an eye, it was time for tất cả of us lớn move on.

But, during our time together, we had actually grown to enjoy each other’s company and made vague plans lớn meet up again in Ho Chi Minh City.