i made it to vietnam!!!

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— Vlad @ 7:18 pm

the journey here was so exhausting. 14 hour flight to hong kong. the seat in front of me was broken so it was falling into my lap, the food was some of the worst airline food of all time (they actually served cup of noodle instead of one of the meals?!), the service was surly, and the sound stopped working 80% of the way thru the inflight movie. 14 hours later, we got off in hong kong, exhausted and slightly delirious. after a painful wait, we flew the last few hours to vietnam.

but anyways, WE’RE HERE!! i’m so excited! after a full night of sleep, i cant wait to go out, explore, and try my first bowl of Pho!

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Woo Hoo! Congrats on surviving the endurance-test that is travel from the US to Vietnam. Where are you now? Ho Chi Minh City? I’ll e-you soon with some must-sees from our visit.

Comment by Patricia — 1/7/2007 @ 7:25 pm | reply

ho chi minh city. flying out to hanoi tomorrow.. still not sure where we’ll be going from there!

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:21 am | reply

Y’know Vlad, you do NOT give your friends much notice that you’re doing these side trips.

Have a blast, and bring me back something expensive!

Comment by Ryan — 1/7/2007 @ 8:12 pm | reply

haven’t really seen much here that’s expensive yet! vietnam is cheap!

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:22 am | reply

Yay! Glad you made it safe and sound. Doooood, I’m soooooooo sorry I didn’t get to see you and Caryn off on Friday. You guys will be missed!

Comment by Jamie — 1/7/2007 @ 8:14 pm | reply

heh, it’s cool… we’ll be back in just a month!

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:23 am | reply

awesome dude! have a good time - and let me know what you think of heroes

Comment by yan — 1/7/2007 @ 9:40 pm | reply

dude, heroes is so good!! addictive too! now i’m gonna end up spending time by watchig tv instead of going out.. doh!

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:24 am | reply

Homey! I have been and you need to listen. If you can be sure to visit Hoi An. Some of the best food and a great place to have custom clothes made. I hope you are in the North as Hanoi and the island of Cat Ba should not be missed. Drink lots of snake wine. It will make you a real man.

Comment by Robert Burns — 1/8/2007 @ 10:55 am | reply

yeah? ok, i’ll be sure to go to hoi an. and probably cat ba as well. we’re flying to hanoi tomorrow and slowly going south from there. did you visit the far north at all? is it worth spending a few days going to sapa etc?

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:27 am | reply

Congrats cuz!!!
By the way, I second Yan’s comment- how was heroes??

Comment by tasha — 1/8/2007 @ 1:18 pm | reply

dude, it’s hella good!! watched two episodes so far.i’m crazy jet-lagged, getting sleepy by like 8pm. possibly i might just end up watching an episode of heroes tonight and crashing out unless i can soemhow forec myself to wake up and go check out a bar…

Comment by vlad — 1/9/2007 @ 8:31 am | reply

Dood… Get your lazy jet lagged ass out of bed and go check out a bar…

Comment by Tom — 1/9/2007 @ 12:24 pm | reply

so sleepy though!!

Comment by vlad — 1/10/2007 @ 3:17 am | reply

I started watching because of you and Yan. This show is soooo creepy!!!

Write more about vietnam though!!!
miss you guys already

Comment by tasha — 1/9/2007 @ 4:58 pm | reply

Let see that new camera of yours go to work.

Comment by Matt M. — 1/9/2007 @ 10:25 am | reply

i’ve takenm some photos so far… but not as many as i should have. i’ll try to post them soon!

Comment by vlad — 1/10/2007 @ 3:15 am | reply

Glad you made it! Have a great time and look forward to your explicit details of Vietnam and great pictures.

Comment by Suzi & Tom — 1/9/2007 @ 7:07 pm | reply

thanks!! i’ll try to post soon!

Comment by vlad — 1/10/2007 @ 3:16 am | reply

My trip inVietnam was from China to SaPa, Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, HCM City and a trip through the delta. I also went to the city where there’s a ton of tailors but I can’t remember the name! It’s south of Hue and Danang. I had my best food there.

SaPa was beautiful and quite cool when I was there in November. If you like hill tribes of SE Asia check it out. I liked the North more than the south… I had a lot of trouble and run-ins with irrate moto drivers and insane stalking atack pigeons in Saigon.

Comment by Megan — 1/10/2007 @ 8:49 am | reply

just got back from sapa.. it was great!! although.. i did get super ill from something i ate there.. ugh!

Comment by vlad — 1/16/2007 @ 6:41 am | reply

btw, i never made it to the north but apparently the hill tribes are pretty dope (similar to laos). so how’s crossing the streets? pretty crazy, eh?!

Comment by yan — 1/10/2007 @ 12:56 pm | reply

dude, crossing the streets is so nuts!! sketchy as hell!

Comment by vlad — 1/10/2007 @ 10:20 pm | reply

You almost have to just close your eyes and have faith that everyone will swerve around you. My cousin, who doesn’t travel, met me in Hanoi and freaked out. I was used to it and didn’t realize at first that I was pulling him into the oncoming traffice of like 50 motorcycles on his first morning in Vietnam.

Comment by mEgan — 1/11/2007 @ 8:11 am | reply

yeah, it’s all about having faith in the system and having no fear… leave it all up to them.