The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind to say the least! I took the night bus from Nha Trang two days ago, arriving in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) at about 5:30am. I only had one day in town and I wanted to make the best of it before the long journey to Australia. I was thrilled to catch up with my Dutch friends from the dive team in Koh Tao and have some roommates and touring partners for the day. They had been out the night before so I grabbed some cof...

Spent the last few days in the city of Nha Trang. It's a very cool city where Vietnamese traffic meets Russian tourists and western sports bars. We weren't here long but we definitely got bang for our buck. We got in early off of my first night bus experience - which wasn't as bad as I had expected to be honest. We grabbed breakfast right away and headed for the diveshop. We wanted to do our advanced open water diver certification which would let us do fun dive...

Today was one of those adventurous days. After an exceeding long commute yesterday (30 hours of ferry, bus, plane, and shuttling) and an ecstatic reunion with Kurtis in Hue (Vietnam), I was very happy to see a bed last night. But it was up early this morning to rent bikes and hit the road. Now if you've never seen or heard of the motor bike situation in Vietnam, I'm not quite sure how to explain it...chaos does not do it justice. 80% of the vehicles on the road...

Just spent an amazing couple of days in Hoi An, Vietnam. The city is known for its Tailors and as a place to get custom suits made, but I will remember it more for the shinanigans. We set out with the plan of finding a good place to get a quality suit and then also finding a cheaper joint to get some fun suits done as well. I'm happy to report that we were extremely successful. We got top quality suits made at A Dong Silk, and let me tell you they look sharp. W...

Woweee! The last few days have been a whirlwind of activities. Wednesday night I took the night bus from Bangkok to Chumphton and then the ferry to the island of Koh Tao. The bus was an experience; very little space and I couldn't sleep for the life of me. I basically snuggled the guy next to me the whole way (and we ended up being friends :) ). The ferry ride brightened the mood though and get me excited about the days to come. Koh Tao is a little island in th...