Blatherwick's travel blogs:
- My trip to South America. 2007
- A little jaunt across the seas to... 2007
- Thailand, Vietnam, S. Korea 2006 2006
- Around the world in a month. 2005
- Mexico, Guatemala 2004 2004
- Vietnam and Japan 2004 2004
- Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam 2003 2003
- Vietnam & China 2002 2002
- Mexico City, Taxco, and Acapulco 2001 2001
- Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong 2001 2001
- My first time to Asia. Thailand,... 2000
- Europe 2007 1997
- Europe 1995 1995
- France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany 1992 1992
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On the roof in Saigon
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Well, it's my last night here in 'Nam. I just got an offer to be
an extra in a Vietnamese movie as a French soldier in 1945. It would
have been a four day shoot but there's no money involved and it's only
5 hours until my flight leaves for Tokyo. If I was staying for a
couple of more days then I would have done it. It would have been fun.
Back in Nha Trang I completed my first two try-dives. It was
pretty good diving with visibility at about 10 feet. There was lots of
well preserved coral, cuttlefish, squid, moray eels, and many types of
brightly coloured fish. I'll have to get my open water certification
next time I come. I also rented a bike in the city and cycled all day
to the ruins and some of the bigger pagodas.
I couldn't get a flight to Saigon so I ended up taking the 10 hour
bus. I probably should have done an overnight sleeper train and not
lost a day but oh well. Today, I was at my friend's place and this
little kid walked into the place, looked at my friend, and proceeded to
take a dump on the floor. Without a word the kid turned and left. I
was pretty much in hysterics and could barely breathe I was laughing so
hard.
I've been taking it pretty easy the last couple of days. I went
to the zoo and checked out the Vietnamese Museum of History. The
history museum pretty much goes this way: We fought the Mongols, then
the Chinese, then the Thais, then the French, then the Japanese, then
the French again, the Americans, and then the Chinese again. It has
some neat stone relief carvings from Angkor and other ancient sites
from around the region.
I've really got not much to say. Saigon feels like my second home
and even though I really don't want to leave, I'm looking forward to
Tokyo. It probably costs a fortune in Japan to send e-mail so I may
not send much from there for the week. I'm back a week Sunday if
anybody really cares.
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