Journaling diary with a pink paper cover decorated with flowers and a white bunny, and fixed with painter's tape. The diary belonged to Nguyen Doan, a Vietnamese refugee who wrote it during the year he was imprisoned in Thailand following his escape attempt from Vietnam. The diary describes his escape from Vietnam, two pirate attacks, and the subsequent months of captivity in a Thai prison.
He fled Vietnam by boat with about 100 people. During the voyage, they were attacked by Thai pirates who abducted a girl from their boat. Then they were attacked a second time, during which they fought back and killed several pirates. As a consequence, Nguyen Doan and 18 other refugees were arrested by Thai police and imprisoned for close to a year.
