Vietnam
Day 25 18th July 2009 Last night in Saigon Vietnam
Saturday mornings are always great to lie in bed and not do anything. This is not case for me however today as I’ve arranged to meet Khoa at 7am to get my motorbike helmet back that I’d left on my drunken adventures. Crawl out of bed cursing audibly realising I’ve slept through my alarms tripping &hellip Continue reading
Day 24 17th July 2009
Woke up hungover (no surprises there) and found that I was alone in my dormitory. I somehow doubt that my 8 room-mates were quiet as the usual alarm calls blare out at ungodly hours at every dorm room, but more likely I was so exhausted even if all the Vietnamese pop stars in the world had &hellip Continue reading
Day 23 16th July 2009 Crazzzzzzzzzzzy
Could things get any crazier? Wow…things have been so busy lately. I seem to be drawn to crazy situations like a moth to a flame. The day started off like any other day, ate breakfast at the hostel, recovering from my reactions to the Mallerone (I’ve since discovered how to take the medicine correctly!). I &hellip Continue reading
Day 22 15th July 2009
Before going to bed the night before I’d set my alarm on my watch for 5am. However, I woke up well before this as at 2am a burning in my chest gave me a rude awaking. I’d had this pain before a few nights prior to this but this time was the worst. The pain &hellip Continue reading
Day 21 Part II 14th July 2009
Left the internet cafe after writing the post earlier and enquired about the Vietnamese cooking lessons. Cost was just over $20 which is a hell of lot of money in Vietnam. Walking out of the shop I found myself hiring a motorbike for $5 off some old woman in the street. No need for driving &hellip Continue reading
Day 21
Woke up this morning feeling much more relaxed. As regular readers will be aware, I’ve allotted only a very short time in each place (possibly too short-usually about 2days) so it is always nice having a day off from travelling before having to hit the trail again. I am writing this from Hoi An, a &hellip Continue reading
Day 20 Crusoe and the great flood
Been busy guys. Will update later. Still in Hanoi at the moment. But a big flood has come (been raining for all night and no drains here) and Im stranded in an internet cafe near my hotel. Cant reach the bank to pay for the hotel and cant walk accross the street to the tourist &hellip Continue reading
Photo Update
Some dutch girls just gave me a USB cable for my camera. So grabbed the opportunity to show you guys what I’ve been seeing: Hanoi Traffic madness at night From the left: Hoang, An, Ngoc, Nhung Wedding going on down by the lotus lake. More pics can be found under my photography but &hellip Continue reading
Day 17-Hanoi
Woke up at 9 am this morning with massive stomach pains. Think its because I only ate one meal yesterday resulting in too much stomach acid. Headed out into the streets to scavenge for food. I entered a Vietnamese street restaurant where the old woman serving behind the counter took a profound disliking to me &hellip Continue reading