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Irishman, Vietnamese reunited 21 yrs after crossing Pacific on bamboo raft

Irishman, Vietnamese reunited 21 yrs after crossing Pacific on bamboo raft

Monday, April 14, 2014, 11:04 GMT+7

An Irish explorer has just been reunited with the Vietnamese sailor with whom he traveled 5,500 miles on a Vietnamese-made bamboo raft across the Pacific Ocean more than two decades ago.

Binh Minh - Quoc Thoai

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