Well, I am back in Vientiane after a whirlwind trip. It feels like I haven’t slept in years.
Quickly, this was my itinerary:
Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Vietnam, by AUNILO bus
My Tho to Chau Doc Vietnam by Vietnamese van, 7 hours of HELL, including a ferry crossing of the Mekong and going through Sadec, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bus’
south east asia on a shoestring
Posted in culture, home, livin', tagged angkor wat, bus, cambodia, chau doc, HCMC, ho chi minh city, laos, mekong delta, phnom penh, siem reap, travel, vientiane, vietnam on Monday, 17 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hello from ho chi minh
Posted in livin', tagged bangkok, bus, ho chi minh city, thailand, vientiane, vietnam on Thursday, 6 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Holy shit. Ho Chi Minh City is a chaotic frenzied mass of motorcycles, all perpetually honking.
Anyway, I shall write more about Vietnam later. First a quick summary of my travels for far:
After a grumpy start at the Vientiane Talat Sao bus station, when at 9 in the morning the lady told me I couldn’t buy [...]
ending radio silence
Posted in culture, eatin', livin', tagged birthday, bus, flood, laos, library, luang prabang, mekong, news, south east asia, travel, weekend on Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just got back from a 4 days trip to Luang Prabang, and I have lots of news!
Firstly, I went to Luang Prabang to celebrate my 29th birthday. Just thinking about it makes me feel old but I had a lovely time in the former royal capital. I took a bus Saturday morning from Vientiane, [...]
why i love taking the bus
Posted in livin', work, tagged birds, bus, monks on Wednesday, 30 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday through Friday I leave my house at 8:20 to get to the Talat Sao (Morning market) main bus station by 8:30. I bring my bike to the bike parking area, where they give me a ticket, and then staple the other half of the ticket around my brake cable, and then I walk the [...]
buying a bike, taking the bus
Posted in livin', work, tagged bikes, bus, computers, library, monks, pms on Monday, 30 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, I bought a 2nd hand bike from my landlord’s sister. I will take a picture of it soon. It looks like somebody puked tie-dye all over it, it’s a one-speed, chinese, cheap-ass-bike. But it’s nearly new and gets around decently, though the seat really hurts my bum. I tried in [...]
