Good morning Vietnam!

Greetings once again! Much time has passed since my last post so i will do my best to fill you all in. Pai was a really chilled out place, very small but beautifully tucked away in the mountains of northern Thailand. We didnt really accomplish much but we managed to meet a crew of very nice Spanish people and ended up chilling with them the majority of the time, and went out to dinner as well. The next day we headed back to chang mai but not without me stoping the bus on the most hazzardous road on earth so that I could go pee. (Appaerently drinking a bottel of water, fruit shake and 7up before you get on the bus isnt such a good idea, who knew?) Back in Chang Mai we stayed for one night and then the next morning we grabbed out vietnamese visa and headed straight to mae sot. On arrival of mae sot we showed up late so we had a very hard time trying to find a ride into town, and once we did it was little more than a motorbike with some seats attached to the back. Then once in town i started to ask everyone if they knew about highland farm and did my best gibbon imprestion but no one had any idea what i was talking about. So after alot of hassle we decided to stay a night and wake up early the next day. The next morning we made our way to the Burmese border and refreshed our visa's (which expired the next day) and then made our way back to town to catch a truck to the farm. The truck was full of what turned out to be illegal immigrents and on the first police check stop the men gave the police a small bribe and he sent us on our way. But not 5min after that another police truck heading in the other direction pulled us over and procieded to arrest the burmese people, very sad but unfortunatly this is a daily reality in this part of thailand. Then about 1 hour later we finally arrived at highland farm. Khun Pharnee almost had a heart attack when she realized it was me and i was also filled with joy to see her once again. We only spent a short day and a half at the farm and then we made our way on a 9 hour journey back to bangkok. Once in bangkok we had great difficulty in finding the guesthouse Stavros was staying at as the taxi driver had no idea where it was and even proceded to ask me directions in Thai. After alot of circles his transmition actually exploded in his car so that was the end of that ride right there. Luck was on our side tho and we managed to find the guesthouse without to much difficulty, and thankfully stavros was still there. The next day we went to the airport and headed to Ho Chi Minh city in southren Vietnam. On first sight this is a VERY crazy place. There are over 3 million moterbikes in the city and the traffic is nothing less than chaos, just crossing the street you are taking your life into your hands. The next day we went to the Chu Chi tunnels an hour outside of the city and learned some very interesting history about the war. We also went crawling through some of the tunnels that the gorrilas had made it was a very cool experence. Then that evening we caught a bus at 8pm and arrived here in Nha Trang at 6am, pretty brutal ride. Now this evening we are catching another bus at 7 to arrive at 6am yet again but this time in Hoi An. So far Vietnam is a wonderful place with excelent food and very friendly people and i am very glad to be here. Well i must be off but untill next time all the best and take care everyone!

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