Countdown to chopsticks
5 czerwca 2019, Kanada ⋅ 🌧 14 °CPlanning to backpack through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. 3.5 weeks to go!
Planning to backpack through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. 3.5 weeks to go!
35 hours of transit between leaving Ottawa and arriving in vietnam starts now. Woowoo. I expect the excitement to dwindle precisely at hour 6. But i suspect thats why they have free alcohol on long Czytaj więcej
Got off the flight and first thing i saw was the air Canada lounge. Fate! So had some free food and found a comfy lounging chair to stretch out and nap a bit.
Vicky and alexa were connecting to Czytaj więcej
Hanging out in bangkok airport waiting for last flight to vietnam. 30 hours down, 5 to go. Shockingly i feel great.
Thai airways was great. All the stewardesses are decked out in traditional clothing Czytaj więcej
Finally arrived in HCMC. What a zoo!
I've been a lot of places but I've never seen traffic like this. Its really challenging to be a pedestrian... scooters are everywhere, even on sidewalks whizzing Czytaj więcej
This is a very hard city to sleep in. Super noisy with everyone honking constantly. It never stops. I gave up trying and wandered over to a nearby starbucks at the foot of a traffic circle and let Czytaj więcej
Today i taxied (grab ®️ ed) a ride to the airport and caught a flight ($50) to buon ma thuot... which I'm sure needs no intro haha. Followed by a driver taking us 30 mins into the mountains of dak Czytaj więcej
I have a better handle on how this wedding celebration works now. Its 4 consecutive parties. Two at bride's house, an informal one in the evening and a formal one in the morning, followed by an Czytaj więcej
For some reason we all had to get up at 5am. My back was aching from second night on hard floor, so why not. There was some sort of buddhist ceremony in the shrineroom and then everyone headed to the Czytaj więcej
For some reason all the atm's near my hotel will only dispense the max equivalent of $17 per transaction. Thats not a typo. Ridiculous. My transaction fees will be about the same as that. So i went in Czytaj więcej
So exciting - the countdown is on!