Nhat Tien
Travel Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City
Back In School Again!
I survived four nights of fear, anxiety, and loneliness and wanting to come home. Leaving this time was not an option. I decided to embrace and welcome those feelings instead of avoiding and running away from them. I could have dulled the pain but didn't. I learned more things about myself and in the end I'm so glad I did this. I started school on …
Surviving the Jet Lag
Very little interesting to write so I will write very little. As usual I've had the "now why did I come here?" thoughts. I dismiss them because I get them every time I travel. Every time. I guess it's the shock of a very new world to move around in. Being Jet-lagged only makes things much worse.
So I just try to make the most of the time till …
Goodmorning Vietnam......
We left the bright lights and traffic of Bangkok and boarded our plane destined for Hanoi, Vietnam. It was really something to arrive at the airport and see our names on a sign held up by a local driver. We had decided to treat ourselves to an airport transfer considering the hassle we have had previously! I think we both knew that Vietnam would be …
And then I just CHUNDERED everywaaar.
As the title implies,my experiences of Hanoi thus far have been fairly limited due to my body's apparent self-hatred and need to expel everything. After my joyous manicure and pedicure experience in Vientiane (about 1.50 to have nails cleaned, buffed and painted), I was feeling pretty relaxed until I felt a wave of doom come over my tummy in an …
Leaving Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City
Hey everyone
We began our journey to Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of 11th August. We awoke on our last morning in Phnom Penh to discover that Mark had been bitten by bed bugs all over his arms and had some pretty nasty welts. Poor Marky!
I was pretty glad to be leaving Phnom Penh as it wasn't exactly my favourite place. Pretty …