Monthly Archives: February 2008

I woke up at 5:30 in the morning and drove with Yu and her sister to a forest monastery. Here they offered food to the monks. Well, I helped because women aren’t allowed to hand things to monks. They hope … Continue reading →

Other than feeling tired and dizzy, I’m getting better. My fever is gone and I’ve stopped taking medicine. Fifteen days have passed since the lunar new year and while in Chinese they celebrate a Lanturn Festival on this day, here … Continue reading →

I was going to visit some places in Hanoi such as Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and the Temple of Literature, but I didn’t feel good enough to do anything like that. Plus I was running low on time and had … Continue reading →

The first thing I did today was go to the US Embassy to get additional visa pages added to my passport. I’ve been to too many countries and ran out! I took the public bus and then walked the rest … Continue reading →

The overnight bus was pretty good. Inside there were three rows of beds, two levels high. The bus arrived closer to 6:30AM in the capital city of Vietnam. The bus didn’t drop us off in the middle of town, so … Continue reading →

Today I’m waiting for my 5:30PM “sleeper” bus to take me to Hanoi. It is supposed to arrive at 8:30AM tomorrow. I’m in the hotel lobby today and the hotel staff invited me to have lunch with them, which was … Continue reading →

I chose a hotel here because it had free Wi-Fi and free buffet breakfast. Not exactly, since the Wi-Fi was broken (I was able to steal the signal from the hotel next door though) and all the food for breakfast … Continue reading →

I got up early to take a bus to the ruins of My Son. On the way there the driver stopped the bus on the side of the road with no explanation. I thought maybe a flat tire or engine … Continue reading →

I checked out of my hotel in Da Nang and waved down a bus heading south to Hoi An. I was the only tourist on the bus, the rest were locals including some high school girls who tried talking to … Continue reading →

In the morning I walked over to the huge China Beach. No one there, but the cold weather didn’t help. The waves were fairly big though. Then I walked over to the Marble Mountains, which were surprisingly across the street. … Continue reading →