Miss Saigon
It feels like I have spent more of 2019 away from home than being home. There have been moments of sheer exhaustion, but I do not believe in saying no to a trip and no regrets! Dr. Banister used to tell us "You can sleep when you're dead" and he has a beard, so he's like really wise.
Jamie has the most special soul; she's my heart friend, my kindred spirit. I laugh hard, think deep, and feel understood after spending time with her. I also have insane passport envy of her and all her world adventures. Did I leave a beautiful island with crystal clear blue water and perfect weather for a country full of pollution and beaches of brown water full of garbage? Yes, without a moment's hesitation, because when Jamie asks you to come on a trip, YOU SAY YES!
Seriously, it's impossible to resist the opportunity to spend time with her!
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| THE MOST TERRIFYING FOOD I SAW THE WHOLE TIME IN VIETNAM! They still had their teeth!!! |
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| Trying to make Vietnam beach hats a thing... |
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| $8 (USD) massages, yes, we'll be there every day |
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| Surprisingly, this is not the time I crashed the moped |
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| Beach.Food.Selfie.Repeat |
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| An amazing picture I didn't take, but will put on my blog like I did |
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| Dat Vietnam sun doe... |
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| Take this open wound on a brown river tour in Saigon with loose bandaids? Great idea! |
Vietnam was amazing, it was so different than anywhere I've ever been. I'm so glad I got to go and have the best travel group to experience it with!
Food I loved (haphazardly arranged):
Trip Summary:
- Arrive in HCMC; miraculously find Jamie, eat airport Church's chicken together
- Get in a stranger's van, on the assumption he'll take us to the correct place; stop for no apparent reason for 30 minutes 1 hour into the ride
- Arrive in Vung Tau and argue about where the hotel is with the driver, him in Vietnamese, Jamie in English, both pointing at their phones
- Leave purse with passport in van
- Wave bye to van
- Meet Jamie's new friends
- Wonder to self where passport is
- Ask Jamie to figure out how to get it back
- Get passport back because Jamie is a good dad and she handles it
- Eat-->Beach (encounter locals*)-->Sunset-->Massage-->Eat-->Sleep (x4)
- Rent moped
- Crash moped
- Cry yell at kind stranger trying to help in the middle of the road
- Cover wounds in 73,235 bandaids and get on with it
- Drop Japanese friends off at the airport and begin 36 hour solo time in Saigon
- Re-cover moped owwwies in new bandaids and go on river tour, walk around district 1, post IG owwie updates no one asked for
- Run out of bandaids
- Go home and hope your leg doesn't fall off
*Encounters include getting splashed, shot with squirt guns, laughed at, spanked, laughed at more, mobbed and taken pictures of like a Kardashian, stared at
I just had the best time exploring Vung Tau with one of my favorite people!
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