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Nha Trang: I got a weird eye infection

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

And it sucks. No joke. Basically, both my eyes are bloodshot, and hurt a lot.

But you meet people on the travellin’ circuit all over here who have this form of pink eye — this infection that causes pain and irritation of the eye for a few days. Well, I got it. I’ve met enough people who’ve had it to not to be too concerned about it. And it makes sense that this little bitch gets passed around, as everyone is often in close quarters — on buses, or sharing the same pillows in guesthouses, night after night.

But I repeat: it sucks. I also made it worse. How? By being a drunken idiot, of course.

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Saigon: Shit.

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Hahaha! A little of the old Apocalypse Now humor there for you guys.

“Were you in the shit? Yeah, I was in the shit.”

That one’s from Rushmore.

Hey, did you know that Vietnam is the world’s 13th most populous country? I sure didn’t! But it’s true: Vietnam has more than 81,000,000 inhabitants. Now try to think of the twelve other countries with more people. (Hint: None of them are in Europe. The answers are here.)

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Sihanoukville: By popular demand…

Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Photos! From North Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. You can see them all over at my disorganized photo dump of a Flickr page, but for a taster/teaser/Sizzler/sampler, have a look here first. Generally speaking, we'll work backward ... [Continue reading this entry]