The other night in Hue, Rachel and I lost Brian and Jenny at the market so we decided to sit down in the middle of the street on these tiny chairs by these tiny tables and had a beer with the locals. Nobody spoke english, but we definitely knew that they were laughing AT us. Maybe it was because our knees were ABOVE the little tables we were sitting at or maybe it was because we barely fit our left buttcheeks on the chairs everyone was sitting on - regardless they were amused and we stopped caring after we started drinking. One of the men was pretty friendly and let us look at his sweet war zippo...we wanted to talk to them and ask them questions but the hand gesturing didn't get us very far.
Later on while roaming the streets we found Brian and Jenny at an Indian restaurant. We joined them and split a chicken curry dish with naan. We went to a couple bars, had a few drinks, played some pool and met some people from Vancover. On our walk back we were accompained by a bat and a rat - which left us screaming and running thru the alley back to our hostel. The next day we went to the "forbidden purple city" where the emperors used to live. It was misty raining outside but I thought it to be refreshing and a sort of enhancer to the colors of nature - if you will :).
As I type this, we are currently in Hoi An. It's warmer here, but still no sun. This is the city where people come to get their clothes made. Last night we walked around the city..where the power went out a few times and the street was pitch black...not so safe for a place where they warn you to watch your belongings.
We ate Cat Lau...noodles, salad, sauce, and pork...delicious but left me hungry..so I ate a chicken sandwich...shaved chicken pieces...on a baguette...lettuce...sauces...it was yummy! Then we went to a bar where we saw the same Danish kids we met at Cat Ba Island. We also saw some French people we passed by at Cat Ba as well. The bar was playing sweet American music and we ordered pitchers of alcohol...4 pitchers...one for each of us - it was happy hour! Played some cards..and met some new cool people from Toronto and Ft. Lauderdale (originally Chicago). They gave us the scoop on what NOT to eat in Laos and where to find the "good stuff" in Thailand.
Today Rachel and I rented bikes and went up to the beach. We ran into the kids from Vancover! We also stopped a bunch of school children and asked them to perform a dance for us. They were sooo excited, and their energy really picked up my spirits...considering there is no SUN here. I practiced my Vietnamese and they practiced their english. They were about 15 years old.
Sidenote: Remember when in school they used to tell you that you couldn't wear certain shirts because they were offensive, I remember this kid wore a shirt that said "mean people suck" and he got sent home. Well this girl I met today was wearing a shirt that said "I get frisky when I drink whisky" hahahahahhahahhahaha!!
It was karaoke day at the market...they were dancing and singing and I think celebrating a birthday. So we stood around and watched...I wanted to dance with them, but I'm so GINORMOUS compared to them, they'd probably just laugh. Rachel and I got pedicures and they charged extra for nail polish...speaking of ginormous...the bucket that I was supposed to put my feet in, barely fit my toes! I ordered a dress to be made, I have a follow up appointment tomorrow for a fitting and then at 6pm we take the bus to the next city! Getting closer and closer to hotness and sunshine!
Later on while roaming the streets we found Brian and Jenny at an Indian restaurant. We joined them and split a chicken curry dish with naan. We went to a couple bars, had a few drinks, played some pool and met some people from Vancover. On our walk back we were accompained by a bat and a rat - which left us screaming and running thru the alley back to our hostel. The next day we went to the "forbidden purple city" where the emperors used to live. It was misty raining outside but I thought it to be refreshing and a sort of enhancer to the colors of nature - if you will :).
As I type this, we are currently in Hoi An. It's warmer here, but still no sun. This is the city where people come to get their clothes made. Last night we walked around the city..where the power went out a few times and the street was pitch black...not so safe for a place where they warn you to watch your belongings.
We ate Cat Lau...noodles, salad, sauce, and pork...delicious but left me hungry..so I ate a chicken sandwich...shaved chicken pieces...on a baguette...lettuce...sauces...it was yummy! Then we went to a bar where we saw the same Danish kids we met at Cat Ba Island. We also saw some French people we passed by at Cat Ba as well. The bar was playing sweet American music and we ordered pitchers of alcohol...4 pitchers...one for each of us - it was happy hour! Played some cards..and met some new cool people from Toronto and Ft. Lauderdale (originally Chicago). They gave us the scoop on what NOT to eat in Laos and where to find the "good stuff" in Thailand.
Today Rachel and I rented bikes and went up to the beach. We ran into the kids from Vancover! We also stopped a bunch of school children and asked them to perform a dance for us. They were sooo excited, and their energy really picked up my spirits...considering there is no SUN here. I practiced my Vietnamese and they practiced their english. They were about 15 years old.
Sidenote: Remember when in school they used to tell you that you couldn't wear certain shirts because they were offensive, I remember this kid wore a shirt that said "mean people suck" and he got sent home. Well this girl I met today was wearing a shirt that said "I get frisky when I drink whisky" hahahahahhahahhahaha!!
It was karaoke day at the market...they were dancing and singing and I think celebrating a birthday. So we stood around and watched...I wanted to dance with them, but I'm so GINORMOUS compared to them, they'd probably just laugh. Rachel and I got pedicures and they charged extra for nail polish...speaking of ginormous...the bucket that I was supposed to put my feet in, barely fit my toes! I ordered a dress to be made, I have a follow up appointment tomorrow for a fitting and then at 6pm we take the bus to the next city! Getting closer and closer to hotness and sunshine!
Yo what's good Ms. Banana!!!!...I'm following your Blog and i'm pretty stoked on that....WHY NOT!!!.....not sure if my profile image is good enought to show you my tat but that's it...it's on my forearm..it was a pretty rad experience because we set up a tattoo parlor in my buddy Pete's living room..his house is such the perfect Telluride Ski Bum House...all crazy and shit...they have a Harley parked in the garage...it's actually my old Harley so that's cool...any way keep on keepin' on so that wehen you look back you can say ...YEAH I did that....WHY NOT!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Mikey! We found a bar called "WHY NOT" I took a picture, and of course thought of you!
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