Been in Saigon, Vietnam for a few days now. After a hectic departure from Hoi An in the north we had to fly down to Saigon, now affectionately called Ho Chi Minh City. I'm never seen so many commies on bikes - and they *do* wear those stereotypical communist uniforms (as seen hereWe really needed to get out of Hoi An bc it was a money drain with ( Read more... )

I was happy to be finally leaving Hanoi. Hanoi is a giant hole in the wall and the food is questionable, the people are friendly to your wallet and scam you left and right, and the whole city is a shithole. My Australian buddy Clem told me "oh yeah, Hanoi's awesome...yeah, I mean it's a shithole and people will literally shit in the gutter but it ( Read more... )

The "VIP Bus" turned out to be a shitty old Nissan mini-van. The "peaceful boatride" turned out to be some rusty old boats rowed by old ladies and the water almost flooded our boat many many times. The "hike through the forest" turned out to be a hike up rocky terrain through an infinite number of shops where no matter the situation the vender ( Read more... )

It's been about four days since my last post and I'm now in Hanoi, Vietnam. Our plan all along has been to travel Vietnam from top to bottom in about 10 or so days and this is the first leg of our journey. First though, I'll detail my last days in Thailand ( Read more... )

The last few days in short ( Read more... )

I wasted time to write up my schedule for the next few days. Also, I am now listening to Akira's greatest hits. I 'borrowed' his music through iTunes using a program called ourTunes... you should check it out. Basically, anyone on the network who has iTunes will be sharing music and you can 'borrow' it from them. I 'borrowed' 728 songs that I ( Read more... )

D sent me this link (http://www.whoomp.com/articles/163/1/He-Man-does-4-non-blondes) If you remember He-Man it'll probably bust your sides open with laughter. Otherwise it's still pretty funny ( Read more... )

I made sure to wake up today. I had to first revise my history oral report at the library and then somehow study for Japanese. The oral report turned out okay...the Japanese exam, not so much. I didn't realize it before but I think I'm sick or something because my throat is pretty raw and I must have had a fever. This also didn't help the ( Read more... )

Ok, last night we definitely went to Ikkyu. This morning I definitely missed the first of four days of testing ( Read more... )

My oral history report got moved with a few others' to Friday so maybe I'll have it better prepared by then... Also, it seems like my computer may not be completely fried - it freezes when loading Windows and I think it was because I was trying to update the hibernation function and it didn't seem to complete right. Anyhow, I reinstalled Windows ( Read more... )