Hi everyone. Since my last post I finished my Cambodia leg in Phnom Penh, which was great. While there I vistited the Killing Fields where the Khmer Rouge slaughtered untold numbers of Cambodian people. It was quite a downer but also important to see to fully understand their plight. It's unbelievable that there was civil war there until 1998 and the international community didn't do anything to help them. It really hammers the point home when you see all the people walking around missing limbs reduced to begging. While there I also fired an AK-47 and hung out with this local guy who was a major stoner. He was a great guy and we had heaps in common. Suprisingly enough we were also able to get our hands on some really good E and had a great time.
After bidding our farewells there, we crossed the border into Vietnam and took a tour up the Mekong Delta to Can Tho and saw heaps of traditional Vietnamese rice farming and agriculture. Really good but it was also the first of three times I was crippled with food poisoning in Vietnam. The food here is definitely not to the standard of Thailand or Cambodia. None of the meat is refigerated. For the first time in my life I've made myself a vegetarian and started a love affair with tofu.
After the Delta we found ourselves in Saigon. It's a very busy city with heaps going on. Went to a few bars and nightclubs and then bailed to Mui Ne, a resort town on the coast featuring huge sand dunes and kite surfing. So much fun, however we didn't stay long and headed to Nha Trang.
Nha Trang has been my favourite Vietnam stop so far. Also on the beach and with heaps of resorts. Here we went to the local hot springs and relaxed in the heated, mineral enriched water where we also cooked eggs for lunch. We also visited the local waterfalls which were heaps of fun, swimming and diving off rocks. After being fairly disappointed with the weed in Vietnam compared to Thailand or Cambodia we also scored some decent smoke here too. It was in Nha Trang that the american girl I'm travelling with had a pregnancy scare which needless to say put the fear of god up me. She claims it to be a false alarm now which is a relief but I've vowed to be more careful in future. A few days here and we braced ourselves for the 12 hour bus ride to Hoi An.
Hoi An (where I currently find myself) is a nice quiet, town where every second shop is a tailors. So far I've been fitted for two suits (more stylish than business), three shirts, and five pairs of shoes. I'm a little ashamed of my Emelda Marcos like extravagance, but fuck it. You only live once, right?
Tomorrow we leave for Hanoi (assuming the Amerikkkan girl doesn't buy any more clothes) and after that we're done with Vietnam and cross the border into Laos. My travel buddy has cancelled going to South Africa, which were on the cards and it looks like the Phillipines to cap off the Asia experience.
I tell you what. So far it's been one hell of a trip!
After bidding our farewells there, we crossed the border into Vietnam and took a tour up the Mekong Delta to Can Tho and saw heaps of traditional Vietnamese rice farming and agriculture. Really good but it was also the first of three times I was crippled with food poisoning in Vietnam. The food here is definitely not to the standard of Thailand or Cambodia. None of the meat is refigerated. For the first time in my life I've made myself a vegetarian and started a love affair with tofu.
After the Delta we found ourselves in Saigon. It's a very busy city with heaps going on. Went to a few bars and nightclubs and then bailed to Mui Ne, a resort town on the coast featuring huge sand dunes and kite surfing. So much fun, however we didn't stay long and headed to Nha Trang.
Nha Trang has been my favourite Vietnam stop so far. Also on the beach and with heaps of resorts. Here we went to the local hot springs and relaxed in the heated, mineral enriched water where we also cooked eggs for lunch. We also visited the local waterfalls which were heaps of fun, swimming and diving off rocks. After being fairly disappointed with the weed in Vietnam compared to Thailand or Cambodia we also scored some decent smoke here too. It was in Nha Trang that the american girl I'm travelling with had a pregnancy scare which needless to say put the fear of god up me. She claims it to be a false alarm now which is a relief but I've vowed to be more careful in future. A few days here and we braced ourselves for the 12 hour bus ride to Hoi An.
Hoi An (where I currently find myself) is a nice quiet, town where every second shop is a tailors. So far I've been fitted for two suits (more stylish than business), three shirts, and five pairs of shoes. I'm a little ashamed of my Emelda Marcos like extravagance, but fuck it. You only live once, right?
Tomorrow we leave for Hanoi (assuming the Amerikkkan girl doesn't buy any more clothes) and after that we're done with Vietnam and cross the border into Laos. My travel buddy has cancelled going to South Africa, which were on the cards and it looks like the Phillipines to cap off the Asia experience.
I tell you what. So far it's been one hell of a trip!
VIEW 15 of 15 COMMENTS
oh and read J_Diddy journal. there are pics of my day!
but me going nap time now
no you're drunk and oh so funny and clever