Blogs from Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 241

Saturday 17th June Paul - Me again, Laura's asleep so she's not writing todays either. If you want some Laura action then leave a comment at the end of the blog entitled "Let Laura write something Paul you git!" I forget what we did this morning but I remember staying up late and watching the football as usual. The Ozzies didn't want a cultural experience today so we went... to the water park! Can't beat a day spent splashing around the park especially at those prices. In the races down the slides I managed to finish second to Pete, HOWEVER a recent drugs test has since reversed those results! In the evening we haggled a Cambodian guidebook down to dirt cheap (seriously it's probably more expensive to buy dirt in England than it was to ... read more

Greetings friends, family and fans...not so much new in my life, but i do have a kick-ass apartment. so, most of this is just sweet photos from my place. Monsoon season is in full swing, so HCMC is much less the sunny tropical paradise I've grown to love; lately it resembles a warm Seattle/Norwich more than anything. Life in Ho Chi Minh continues to treat me well - I've started working a lot more, so I'm busier now than I have been for months - and I'm happier this way. Since nothing truely inspirational has occured lately, I've decided to compile a list cultural trends that I find noteworthy enough to share: 1) On Body Hair: I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that many of you have never really spent much time ... read more

More pics from HCMC, mostly from the War Remanants museum. There were alot of disturbing pictures that capturing them on my digicam won't do them justice so I opted rather remember them in my mind where it is much more alive. So just happy pictures (mostly)... read more

Hour: unknown, sun has set. Location: unkown..somewhere on the Mekong so much for filling this blog with coherent tales of what i've been seeing and doing! turns out we're seeing and doing so much that sweaty and poorly lit internet cafes are not where i'm spending much of my time..best way to have it guess! anyway...my Austenesque scribing has escaped me so i'm gonna give it to you blunt...this is what i've been experiencing... ...getting caught in the rain for the first time took me by surprise...bucket of water over the head is nothing compared to the monsoon...leaves your skin tingling more than any massage.. ...learning to cross the road Vietnamese style...dont wait for the tide of motocylcles and mopeds to stop...they dont. ever. so you walk out....straight into them...and they part around you...horns sounding...nothing to ... read more

Sunday 4th June Paul - Left Hong Kong in a blaze of glory by stealing all the toilet paper from our room as whoever ran our hostel hadn't got up to see us out. In a bit of a random side story, I saw England's goals against Jamica. I bet if my dad was managing England, Crouch wouldn't be playing again after the way he took that penatly. And Graham Rodger is the new Grimsby manager... Back to Hong Kong and after we arrived at the airport we scouted out the cheapest place to eat as we had close to 0 HK dollars left! Managed to spend every last cent (airport food is expensive) and boarded the plane. The reason we ate before we boarded was because we were unsure as to whether we would get ... read more