Sun, Feb 27- Arrive in Hanoi. Walk around getting oriented. Go to bookstore with Tim. Go to bar with Johnny and play darts with Liam. First motorbike ride- great fun.
Mon, Feb 28- Walk around looking for warm clothing; Meet Sean on street and go to dinner. Go to corner with world's cheapest beer and sit on little stools drinking it. Meet Justin who worked on Kerry campaign and is not unemployed and Johan- all go to Funky Monkey.
Tues, Mar 1- Women's museum and "Hanoi Hilton" Prison. Water Puppetry; Eat yummy meal of ginger and onion stir fried fish.
Wed, Mar 2- Temple of Literature, Fine Arts Museum; Overnight to Sapa
Thurs, Mar 3- Walk around Sapa
Fri, Mar 4- Jeep tour to villages, snow, hail, dance performance, around pail of embers with Marva, Laurel, Luke, Itay and Elan
Sat, Mar 5- Nice day in Sapa, walked around, went to very cool tourist mountain, overnight back to Hanoi
Sun, Mar 6- don't remember what I did. Probably not much.
Mon, Mar 7- bus to Mai Chau and arrival. Delicious meal.
Tue, Mar 8- Walked in rice fields of Mai Chau and biked around. Read Life of Pi.
Wed, Mar 9- Returned to Hanoi on 6 AM bus. Went to see Ho Chi Minh and to Army museum. Napped. Went to Marva, Johnny and Brita's going away party. Bought a decent bottle of wine for the occassion. Did well at riddles at Phuc Town Bar and played darts.
Thur, Mar 10- Got toe nails painted. Spent a lot of time on the Internet. Started The Number 1 Woman's Detective Agency.
Fri, Mar 11- Halong Bay
Sat, Mar 12- Cat Ba Island with Lisa
Sun, Mar 13- Halong Bay
Mon, Mar 14- Ninh Binh to Cuc Phong Nat'l Park met Warren and Parker
Tues, Mar 15- unsuccessful site seeing around Ninh Binh and travel to Hoi An
Wed, Mar 16- arrive in Hoi An
Thurs, Mar 17- Tues 22 (Wed, 23?)- spend a lot of time at the tailor, site see around Hoi An, lantern festival, meet to Americans and British couple and Brit guy on holiday.
Wed, Mar 23- arrive in Nha Trang, walk around, beach. Meet Roy from Laos on beach and make plans for dinner with him and Yin. Go out with them and their friends- Allan, Sarah, Garith, and meet up with Chika and Am guy whose name I forget.
Thur, Mar 24- Mud baths and party night
Fri, Mar 25- lazy beach day
Sun, Mar 27- travel to Dalat
Mon, Mar 28- Abseiling with Mirjam, Arran and John. Run into Jared from Nha Trang and his crew
Tues, Mar 29- Easy Rider around Dalat with Peter who I met in Nha Trang
Wed, Mar 30- Travel to Saigon
Thurs, Mar 31- Cu Chi Tunnels and War Museum; run into Charlotte
Fri, April 1- Water Park with Jared and Charlotte's crew
Sat, April 2- cyclo around Saigon with Peter
Sun, April 3- travel to Mekong Delta. See crocodile farm. Night in Chou Duc. Room with Korean cartoonist.
Mon, April 4- Fish Farm and Cham Village. Boat to Phenom Phen.