Chao! Good morning, Vietnam! Remember how I said that going into Cape Town by ship was the best way to get there? Well I’m going to say the same fro Vietnam. Our port is Ho Chi Minh City, which is a little bit inland, so we traveled up the Saigon River to get to our port. It is SO cool! It’s so funny to watch us go down the river because our huge ship is passing tons of little rickety wooden boats with one or two people on them. We’re not c...

hi! today's our second to last day in vietnam...i haven't been able to finish my journals from malaysia or even start mine from vietnam yet, so you're going to have to wait to hear all the stories. it's starting to become a pain to write in my journal because i don't have any time!!!! i'm going to be on the lookout for coach purses for you today...they're absolutely everywhere. at 1:45, hayley and i are leaving to go to a cooking class...

Vietnam is AWESOME!!!! We cruised down the Saigon River to get to Ho Chi Minh City this morning. We couldn’t get off the ship until about 12, so we just did some shopping today and went to the tailors to get our dresses made. I’m getting 2 silk dresses made for $30 each including all the material and the sewing. I decided against getting a business suit for now because I still have 3 years to go before I do interviews. I’m hoping that I won&rsqu...

Buying phone cards is pretty much impossible here…I’m working on giving you guys a call at some point…went to the Mekong delta today…I was feeling pretty sick and gross the past few days, but I finally have my appetite back and am feeling better. We ended up having a great day even though the 3 hour bus ride was sketchy because we can’t speak Vietnamese. Oops. We made it there and back in one piece and it was totally worth it. it ...

There was a mob of motorcycle drivers waiting for us when we got off the bus. Ellie showed them the name of a tourism place and they told us it was too far and that we would need to take a ride to get there. I WENT ON MY VERY FIRST MOTORCYCLE RIDE IN THE MEKONG DELTA REGION OF VIETNAM!!! Pretty cool, eh? It was SO MUCH FUN!!! The traffic in Vinh Long is SO much lighter than traffic in HCMC, so it wasn’t terrifying at all – except when we went around c...