I MISS MY:
1) Clothes - Leopard print shirts, leggings, over-sized sweaters, can you hear me? I miss you!
2) Make-up - I now realize more than ever what you do for me every time I put you on. How can I live without you!?
3) Hair products - Although it is soo humid here, my locks are dying for some moisturizing products. And mousse, where has the volume gone!?
4) Car - Your air conditioning was just so great. And you run all by yourself once I put gas in. Please teach my bike to do that!
Ok, I know what you're thinking. What about my family and friends? Here's what I have to say....my family and friends have phones and email. My clothes, make-up, hair products and car do not. I had to go cold turkey, and baby, it ain't easy. But no worries, Vietnam is definitely making up for these things everyday...except today.
Of course today I got a flat tire. Ugh, how annoying. So I had to call my hostmom, and I rode on the back of her motorbike, holding onto my bike as it rolled along-side the motorbike. This looks a lot easier than it is by the way. It almost got away from me a couple of times. And then when I went to go pay the man who was fixing it, I didn't have enough money. Well, I had enough money, but not enough small change. So I jipped him and I feel so bad. I'm going back as soon as I have the money and giving it to him with interest. But he was kind of crotchity, so maybe doing this good deed and being rewarded for it will be good for him.
Now, on to Can Gio. We were definitely supposed to learn things at Can Gio, but honestly I don't really know what! All I really learned was how they restored the mangrove forest after the war and now there is a debate about whether it should have human influences or go au natural. I voted for au natural, because that's how I've been going latey and its really been doing wonders. Anway, I also learned how to walk/crawl in waste-deep mud and have mud fights. So much fun! Please see below for some visual representations. I also learned that three-star resorts are incredibly cheap here (about $15 a night) and salt-water swimming pools mean you don't have to do anything to swim. Just lay somewhat still and your head stays above.
Monkeys! Monkeys also were a big part of the trip. When we were having our mud fight on the mud flat, three monkeys were about 50 feet away munching on some crabs and fruit. I liked these monkeys, because they kept their distance. We also went to a tourist attraction called Monkey Island, which was actually kind of scary. There were wild monkeys just roaming around and some "domestic" monkeys in a cage for us to see. First of all, the wild monkeys really need to learn some manners. There was so much monkey sex, monkey fights and monkey scary, scary stares to last me a life time. We had to walk around with a security guard with a sling-shot to protect us from them. And baby monkeys are the ugliest animals ever! They just cling to their mothers with naked heads and big scary eyes. I don't like them.
Well, that's all for now. Friday we are taking off for Cambodia for 2 weeks. I will try and keep you all updated on some of the fun things we do there!
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| Who needs a spa when a mangrove forest has plenty of mud for a bath? Alluvial sediment! |
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| A muddy, muddy group pic. From left: Erik, me(!), Jana, Cassie, Sean, Julia, Dr. Be (who will be participating in a beer drinking contest with Sean and I), and Alex |
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| Washing up in the river. We thought we would just pull a boat for the heck of it too. |
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| Devil Monkeys! |
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