Courtney. September 18 @ 16:43 On Thursday Kaberly and I had a meeting with our boss at Binh Ming English Center. We got of of the meeting at 9AM and had an hour to kill before Walker would be able to meet us in the Old Quarter to do the other four interviews that we had lined up. So we took a little walk down Scrap Metal Alley - just 10 kilometers past CD alley, to the left of Screw Driver Alley. We felt like a******s waking down one of the poorer neighborho...

Walker. Hanoi, part #5 - Motorbike Traffic video "If you follow every dream you might get lost,"~ Neil Young or if you are two blondes running around on motorbikes you might get lost too. We weren't following any dreams, just trying to get back to our home. Court and Danielle getting lost on Walker's moto in Hanoi. Sorry parents, please don't watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEG82CB7qlA We both have VERY safe helmets since this video...

Courtney. September 14, 2010 @ 18:11 Living in Hanoi, part #3 - West Lake Tour Kaberly and I had full intentions of being productive when the breadwinner of the house took off for work today.Although we didn't get business cards made, buy the 'Teaching English as a Foreign Language' books we need, copy our house keys so we don't have to hide our key under a brick everyday, get groceries, go to the Apple technician place so I can show you guys the photos o...

Courtney. September 11, 2010 @ 21:40 Living in Hanoi, part #2 - Motorbikes *Disclaimer to the parents (especially the moms): don't read this blog.It's not a big deal, but you'll make it into one so please read the newspaper (or The Enquirer) instead. Now that we're official ex-packers with jobs, a house, Vietnamese mobiles, pet geckos, a social network of both Vietnamese, expatriate, and ex-packer origin, we needed to take the final step that everyon...

Courtney. September 9, 2010 Living in Hanoi - Ex-Packer Style Our sexiest leg (Jacqui) has officially been amputated.So what do we do now? Our initial plan was to extend our Vietnam visas by 1 month, rent motorcycles, bike down our detailed route from Hanoi to Hue (mapped out by the one and only Kiwi Tom from Hanoi Backpackers' Hostel), fly from Hue to Ho Chi Minh, and then finish the trip through Cambodia, Bali, and then Thailand for the 2nd time (can...