Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up really early on November 21, 2008. We got on a bus at 8:30 am going from Hue to Hoi An. The bus ride was a four and a half hour ride. I watched Tarzan on Ivan’s iPod. Ivan and Jennifer watched part of a British movie called Donkey Punch. [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I had the complimentary breakfast on the morning of November 20, 2008. We waited for Thao and her friend to arrive. Thao and her friend Zoom met us in front of the hotel. We rented a motorbike and we were off. We rode around the countryside. It was a little rainy at [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up in Ninh Binh on November 18, 2008. We had some banana pancakes. We rented a motorbike from the hotel and drove to Tam Coc. Here we hopped on a boat. It was an overcast day. There was a guy and a lady rowing the boat. We were going to [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on November 16, 2008. We met the whole group at the restaurant again for breakfast. It was banana & chocolate pancakes. It was good. We boarded a new boat and were leaving Cat Ba Island. Ivan and Jennifer mostly just read their books. I liked to bask in [...]
Sometimes I have trouble writing the blog posts. So, I can get a bit behind. Jennifer said I have Writer’s Block. But, I call it Banana Block since I can’t keep thinking of bananas. Ivan, Jennifer and I had to wake up extra early on the morning of November 14, 2008. We were picked up [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on the sleeper train on November 13, 2008. We got to Hanoi, Vietnam at 5:15 am. As we exited the station, there were a bunch of ladies standing there demanding that we hand over our train tickets before we could exit the station. Jennifer had left the tickets [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I went to have breakfast on November 12, 2008. It was complimentary since we had to check out of the hotel at 11 am. It was alright. We checked out of the Royal Sapa Hotel. We rented a motorbike. Ivan drove us to the Baguette and Chocolat. We had lunch there. It [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I woke up early on November 10, 2008. We had breakfast at the Highland Bakery. Then, we were off on our trek around Sapa, Vietnam for a day and a half. The other people who were also going were an Israeli couple and a Swiss girl named Marina. Our guide was a [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I arrived in Hekou around 6 am on November 8, 2008. It was right by the Vietnam border. So, we were still in China. We met an American couple from California. They were also going to Sapa, Vietnam. We all had to wait until 8 am when the border opened up. We [...]
Ivan, Jennifer and I woke early on November 6, 2008. We were taking a bus from Dali to Kunming, China. We had breakfast and then we walked to town. We went to the travel agency. It turned out that the 9:10 am bus was broken. The next bus would leave at 10:30 am. Ivan wanted [...]
