Good evening everyone! We have just finished dinner. Yet another bowl of Pho and beer and spring rolls. Entire dinner for two with stuffed bellies equals just over $6. The food on this trip has been amazing. And again, still want to thank the country of France yet again for the early colonization of Vietnam, as well. Not ready to give up my baguette quite yet.
Before I give a summary about travel I must say a little bit more about the food and beverage. I can only eat vegetarian in my travels. Well, at least when I am doing the ordering. When I am having a dinner in my honor as with my students I have to eat what is served. It would be rude not to. Will and I had the opportunity to be walking in the beach side town of Kep (with the disappointing beach) only to see a little piggy all "hog-tied" so to speak and on its way to market on the back of a moto. The only problem was that it was till alive and you could here it crying ( I honestly cannot recall the word for the sound a pig makes....it this not a sure sign of a senior moment or what...) I could hear something that sounded a little odd, said something to Will, and sure enough, a moto passed us by with this huge hog all tied up on the back of the moto. It was in this moment that I was certain of my decision. I only eat (for the most part) organic steroid free flesh in America....and this is a far cry from it here.
Plus, after you have walked through a market in any developing nation only to witness the flesh laid out with tons of flies all over it and no refrigeration it cures your desire for it. Or at least for me it does.
With regard to travel...we did an estimation on modes of travel and total hours spent enduring and it appears the total looks like the following...although there did seem to be a disagreement about adding...having two virgos together makes details highly scrutinized...
Boat: 10 hours
Car: about six
Bus: aircon and no aircon... somewhere over 70.
Airplane: maybe five hours...not including the marathon it takes to get to Bangkok from ABQ.
And we have a few places yet to go. We decided today that Laos is out. I think we are both tired and honestly I am having a hard time leaving the beach. I feel for Will, he has nothing to do and having nothing to do at19 is a lot different than having nothing to do at 39. He has contented himself with the tv and air con room. We will be heading out at some point for Hoi An....we need to go there because our visas for Vietnam will expire before we leave and there is a large penalty for this...so we must stop off in Hoi An and get to the consulate. We were going to go there anyway as it is a natural half way distance between Nha Trang and Hanoi.
So, that is what is up with us. A whole lot of nothing but time to think about stuff that you have no control over, like for instance, the future...and read some books now that we both have a few after last night!
good night,
willandCODY
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