I arrived safely in Saigon this morning via a sleepless sleeper car on my train. The nine-hour ride was unventful, including the event of sleep. I stepped into a hotel next to the Saigon train station for the 16 hours I have to kill between the train’s arrival and my plane’s departure to [...]
I have five minutes to finish this article and catch a motorcycle ride to the train station. Eddie Murphy and I have been drinking for five hours and eating God-knows-what for pennies on the pound. I have to be brief. But I’ll say that Nha Trang has been good to me.
My new friend Eddie Murphy and I just spent the last four hours cruising the streets of Nha Trang looking for trouble. Eddie Murphy is one adventurous son of a bitch. I only hope that in this entry I can capture a fraction of the strange world he showed me.
Met some new friends last night. Three Spanish girls and one Irish. We drank too much. Good times.
Yesterday I waded into the knee-deep waters rushing through the city streets of Hue. I was awaiting the arrival of my bus to Hoi An and marveling at the river that formed on the city streets because of the night’s rain. And as I sat there gawking at the torrent, I became a [...]
I spent all day yesterday lying around reading my book and all night sipping a few brews with some fellow travelers. But this morning I got up for a motorcycle tour of Hue. Despite my “tourist fatigue” I really enjoyed this trip. (“tourist fatigue” is caused by too much time taking pictures, [...]
This morning my night train arrived in Hue, Vietnam from Hanoi as I head down the coast to Saigon for my last seven days on my vacation. I’m wracking my brain for any stone I’ve left unturned or animal I’ve left uneaten so I can finish this mission. With only one week and [...]
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I touched down into the muggy heat that I’ve come to expect from every city in this region. From the airport, Hanoi looks just like Saigon. But within the city, its a world of difference.
I’m staying at the bakery guest house at the city center of Luang Prabang, Laos. This is my last stop in this lovely country as I’m jumping a plane to Hanoi in a few hours. The last couple of nights I’ve become quite friendly with the owner, Nao, as we’ve swapped stories of old [...]