Monday 23 March 2009

The End Of A 2 Week Era.

The time has come where we've had to pack our clothes, work out what flight clothes we are wearing for the 15 hour dirty flight and eat any last minute tasty Vietnamese food that we can't get the enjoyment off back home in London town.
2 weeks have gone incredibly fast, with arguments, tears and laughter making this trip truely worth remembering. Visiting family, meeting new family and visiting the county itself. Vietnam is not what I expected at all. Loads of back packers as usual in the far east but not as run down and unpriviledge as I thought. You'll see the odd homeless person who coincidently all are disabled of some kind. Mum made me give money. It was pennies to us, but food and security for them. Hard knock life out here. I can't even imagine how it is in the north.

Not once did we have bad food, but some 'different' food I could say. The intestines, tongues and organs were the most extravagent food purchase ever. It smelt rotten also. The food here is so fresh and so clean, that even if u tried to mix it with some fatty carbs, it'll still be good for you. You can just sweat off any weight u have put on here! Ha!

Weather was hitting silly temperatures of 40 degrees, but because we was in the city, Saigon, it was bearable with a handy hand made fan and air con in the taxis. Taxis was our form of transport, if u was to walk the streets, you'd probably die from the scooters zimmong around, left right and centre. They have no road dicipline. Seriously crazy.

We visited the most amazing parts of Vietnam, which I will write up properly with pictures. But for this short post, it was truely amazing. You would of never thought u was in Vietnam. I want to bring friends and loved ones here so they could see for themselves and appreciate Vietnam.
Speaking the language was real handy, it made me appreciate my 2nd weak language more. I definitely need the practice, so a vietnamese phrase book was purchased. It provided some laughs.
Ending it here, as iPhone posts are pretty lame to do these from! Pictures add to a post!
Bags are packed, passport and tickets checked, just waiting on that last minute food mum is buying for us. I don't wanna go! Reality sucks!

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