February 2012
8 posts
Drive
Learned how to drive the motorcycle in a police station parking lot yesterday. Driving in Saigon is gnarly to say the least. You seriously need to have your shit together, but once you drive it for a couple of hours, it’s a piece of cake. Bought a Vietnamese flag to put on the back, and my headlight still needs fixing. Oh, it cost me 20 cents to park it for the night, and I ran out of fuel...
Moto
Went out partying last night, and didn’t get to bed until six this morning. Got five hours of sleep, drank a cup of coffee, ate some Pho, and then bought a motorcycle. $200 later and I’m a proud owner of a Honda. All of us bought one and the plan is to drive them all the way up the Vietnamese coast. Should take about two weeks. Funny enough I bought my bike from a guy named Joel. I...
Good Morning Vietnam
Taking a boat from Cambodia to Vietnam was a ton of fun. We’re now in Ho Chi Minh City, or as many of our home boys from back in the day would call it, Saigon.
The city is sweet, and the people here are really nice as well. There is a different feel to this country, as with all the rest, but if feels more organized here. Doesn’t feel as cut throat. The other night was gnarly. I was...
Ransom
So I’ve had a interesting week. In a nut shell, I somehow dropped the ball, and lost my wallet. We arrived at this bar, I paid for the motorcycle ride, and put my wallet away. Not ten minutes later, I realized it wasn’t in my bag. I freaked out. The only saving grace I had was that my passport was at the Vietnamese Embassy being processed. I’m in the streets of Cambodia, and it...
Angkor Wat
Cambodia is kickin’ ass. We spent five days in Siem Reap checking out all the temples. I can’t even begin to describe what they were like. It is absolutely amazing, and one of the best things I have ever seen. It really felt like you were in the Congo, jungle growing on the walls, and pieces of stone on the ground everywhere. It’s incredible to think how they constructed these...
O'Smach
Today is the first day in Cambodia and this country is sweet! The last couple of days in Thailand we’re really nice and relaxing. We spent one day teaching English, and meeting the mother of a monk from San Fran. Teaching English was so much fun. We showed up, and everyone was so curious about us, because we were in some remote little town, and you could tell they weren’t use to seeing...
Chang
This is the experience we have been looking for. We left Bangkok a few days ago, on a night train for Surin, a small town about two hours away from Cambodia. We thought it was going to have beds like the last one, but this was only hope. Instead it was a nine hour ride across the country on a shaky seat. We were the only Westerners on the train as well, but I tell you….it was a killer...
SoThai
We’re back in Bangkok now, after nearly two weeks in the south. We were only in this city to get some things done, and then we headed to Pucket. The town really sucked, and had to many tourists, so we went to an island called Ko Phi Phi. It was amazing here, and the snorkeling kicked ass. Sadly though, my so called underwater camera leaked, and now my SD card is lost, and the camera...