See Saigon from the back of a motorbike. It’s the only way, I assure you. But strangely enough, even with the bikers calling out to you every step of the way through the town, I don’t think I saw even one other Westerner riding one. It really is a shame too, because, as my dear Jules will strongly agree, motorcyles are such a BLAST. (Happy Birthday to Julie!) I arrived in Saigon,(*ahem* Ho Chi Minh City) found myself a cool little hotel and settled in...

I'm in Vietnam! To pick up pretty much right where I left off, I packed up my bags in Phnom Pehn and grabbed a bus headed to Vietnam, and who should I see the second I climb onboard, but Peter! The Swiss dude that I'd already run into twice! How does that happen. If we're on the same route, that's one thing, but the cities are so big, how do you keep seeing the same person over and over again? I just don't get it.Anyway, Peter and I, plus a sw...

Jane, Adam and I left dirty, dusty Siem Riep and headed down to Phnom Pehn, the capital of Cambodia. That busride was not exactly noteworthy except for the fact that the bus BROKE DOWN about half an hour outside the city. All 40 or so of us ended up sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere for close to 45 minutes waiting for a replacement bus, except to the three of us who didn't speak Cambodian, it seemed that we were waiting for NOTHING. We ...

I wrote this entire journal entry last night, and right as I clicked the "Post"button, I lost it. And I don't even know how! So I shall begin again. After 5 weeks together, more than 2 of which were just the two of us, Marilyn and I have finally parted ways. It was so sad! And so fast! We stumbled off the bus at 530am in Bangkok, grabbed our bags, said goodbye and were off in different taxis so quickly! We had such a great time together though. We ...

Marilyn and I are now officially Open Water Divers! We finished our course yesterday, getting down to our record and deepest legal dive at 18 meters. In celebration of our success, Marilyn, Irish Sarah, dive instructor Rick and I all passed around the beers and watched the video that had been made of our last two dives. The people there watched it twice! Apparently its somewhat rare for an entire group to dive without wetsuits and when we had to practice taking o...