About to board the over night bus to Saigon, then catch a flight to Bangkok. Then half a day there, and board a half day plane flight home. Can’t wait to see you all and catch up! It’s been a lovely month. But home needs me. I need home. My heart belongs to the world. [...]

Another remarkable day. Last night we all met at Guava club, took it easy with just a few drinks. It’s like Cheers here, where everybody knows your name! And the drinks you fancy. Met with the 2 Belgium guys, Australian guy, Shanghai girl, German girl, Gerry and the managers we been hanging out with every [...]

You could really live like a king in these countries. It’s a temporary skewed thought, relative to perspective (and space). I hear the average income over here is about 100-200$. Although it is run by a Communist government, Capitalism is on the rise and there seems like much room for growth.. more than Cambodia and Burma [...]

Yesterday afternoon I took a walk around the beach, and found a cafe to read a bit and have a coffee. LOVE the Vietnamese Coffee! They’re so tasty and strong, with a drop of condensed milk. Yummy, and gets me at the perfect high. We went to the Rainbow Bar, where I was the night [...]

I finally feel relaxed. This will be my vacation from my vacation the last few days. Nga Trang beach is a Beach town.. reminds me of the Vietnamese version of Santa monica. Very city like, so it’s not a beach like Sihanoukville, Cambodia, or the Southern Thai beaches we were at where they were secluded [...]

We toured Dalat today which is a little town the French transformed years ago into their own little getaway. Call it the little Paris. Dalat is a very clean, pretty, simple colonial town, with hills & wide clean streets that looked like Berkeley. A place of peace & tranquility, a relief from the grungier areas [...]