I was woken up in the morning by a knock on the door. It was my friend again. She told me she missed the last bus home last night and decided to sleep in McDonald’s. She couldn’t get a taxi home because she let me borrow all her money the night before (I didn’t have …
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Day 257 – Thailand to Malaysia
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 this will gain them some merit and be good luck for the school. I was …
Day 251-256 – Thailand
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 in Thailand there is a holiday called Magha Puja. It was nice to see many …
Day 250 – Vietnam to Thailand
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 to get to the airport. Today still feeling sick, dizzy, and not thinking clearly. I …
Day 249 – Hanoi, Vietnam
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 of the way. It was pretty nice since I was able to go to the …
Day 248 – Hanoi, Vietnam
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 a taxi was required. I teamed up with 2 Australians and shared a taxi to …
Day 247 – Hue, Vietnam
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 very nice of them. I used my time today to book a flight to China …
Day 246 – Hue, Vietnam
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 was used up shortly after I started eating (no, I didn’t eat it all). Even …
Day 245 – Hoi An, Vietnam
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 trouble, but I didn’t see anyone working on any problems like that. After 45 minutes …
Day 244 – Hoi An, Vietnam
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 me a little bit. Hoi An is known as the ancient town. The center of …