Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Vietnam


100 movies and 300 records to choose from in the plane, 37°C at 6:30 AM in Doha, a million motorbikes, heat, rain, people cookingeatingsleepingpeeingspitting on the streets, peaceful temples, beautiful rivers, the best food I've ever tasted, paradise beaches, crooked taxi drivers, 15 hours on a train, sunburnt, on a bike across the bridge in Hue, ancient palaces, atmospheric old Hanoi, amazing water puppets, 9 more hours on a train, breathtaking mountain landscape, the smell of rice paddies, children begging everywhere, refreshing cold beer, Halong Bay, 2 hours walking under the rain and knee-deep in mud, a relaxing massage at a five-star hotel, fighting with a taxi driver, fighting with the hotel staff, tired of bargaining for a bottle of water, rats at Hanoi airport, the best coffee in the world, crazy Cholon market, fresh beer at 9 cents a glass, incredibly beautiful girls...