Sunday, 25th December, CHRISTMAS DAY!!, Mountain View Hotel, Sapa, 8:10pm
Sapa.
your fog is so immense
your mountains apparently exist
we cannot see them.
In your streets
the words echo
“…you buy?”
O
Sapa!
We buy!
The overnight train to Sapa was intense . The train derailed fifty trillion times. At least, it sounded like it did. Grinding, screeching, churning mechanical movements, sudden slamming of brakes […]
Tuesday, December 20th, Camellia Hotel, Hanoi, 7:45pm
Halong Bay is heaven. There’s no better way to describe Halong Bay than marvellous, beautiful, stunning, unique. The way to see it is on a three day-two night cruise (some people do two days, one night, but you lose so much doing it that way). On the first […]
Saturday, 17th December, Sunny Hotel, Hanoi, 8:05pm
Well, considering I spent all of yesterday curled up in bed, only leaving to vomit and feel generally sorry for myself, I don’t have much to add. Actually that’s not entirely true; we did heaps and heaps of stuff today, so I do have a bit to report, but […]
Thursday, 15th December, Sunny Hotel, Hanoi, 3:45pm
SUNSHINE!! Sunshine, sunshine, SUUUUUUUNNNNNSSSSHHHHIIIIINNNNNEEE! The weather here is amazing, nice and cool, a little cloudy, but there’s still a wonderful amount of sun and blue sky. It’s such a relief. Admittedly despite this we’re currently holed up in our hotel rooms, but that’s because a) we spent all […]
Wednesday 14th December, Binh Minh Hotel, Hue, 10:05 am
Our time in Hue has been brief but highly amusing. We caught up with Jamie again, which always results in adventures and new friends. He has this amazing ability to just chat to everyone; it’s the lawyer in him, but it’s more than that. I think people […]
Monday, December 12th, In Transit Between Hoi An and Hue, on a bus with leg room but awful service, where I keep getting jerked around as I’m trying to type. 2:25pm
I’m in a terrible mood. All I can do right now is sigh moodily and frown. It’s not James, I promise. It’s merely a series […]
Friday, 9th December, Thanh Van Hotel, Hoi An, 9:30pm
It’s rare that you can say an eleven-hour bus trip was worth the destination. After the disappointment of Dalat, about 8 hours into our bus trip we started to feel the same indifference toward Hoi An. We told ourselves it was going to be just the […]
Thursday, 8th December, Perfume Grass Inn, Nha Trang, 8:55pm
So much for not having another big night for awhile! I think because the weather has -been so unconducive to sightseeing, the only thing to do in Nha Trang is have nutty, crazy, drunken nights, and then the gloomy, rainy day sleeping it off.
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Wednesday, 7th December, Perfume Grass Inn, Nha Trang, 2:45pm
I’m starting to feel increasingly restless in Nha Trang, but I’m still enjoying it. I’m just currently prone to random hypo-attacks, where I run around the room making animal noises, or start flicking James on the thigh, or make him play lame word games with me. It’s […]
Monday 5th December, Perfume Grass Inn, Nha Trang, 3:30pm
Well! We’re in Nha Trang! And boy are we happy. It’s amazing here, and it’s going to be even more amazing when it clears up. It’s extremely overcast, which sucks, but it’s still wonderful. It’s almost deserted as well, because the weather has been so bad. But […]