Timely Entry

Hue, Vietnam

Dude.
It's been too long since I updated the blog! The internet over here is getting worse the further north we go, but we get lucky in a few situations such as this one. We're travelling with Alli and Jess these days, so the four of us have gone from Nha Trang up to Hoi An, and from Hoi An to Hanoi. And from there, Australia Day! It's gonna be great.

Nha Trang was a bit of a party town, but the bus from Nha Trang to Hoi An wasn't overly comfortable. The last night bus ever, I swear! So damn uncomfortable, and sleep wasn't really an option.

In Hoi An we found a few bia hoi places and on the first night met two Americans, Adam and Rebecca. Great talks with those guys! And they gave us the hot tip of buying valium for the train trip, and at AUD$2 for a pack of twelve, it's ridiculously cheap. In Hoi An we also met Matt and Al, two Aussie blokes one from Perth and the other from Melbourne. Great drinking buddies, so our small group of 2 now 4 became a group of 6 or even 8 at some points. Talk about socialising!

It's currently bucketing down in Hue, and Drew braved the weather this morning to go out and see some of the local sights. I stayed in and watched Bush's State of the Union address on BBC World; could he have been any more polite to Congress to get them back on his side? It was amusing at least. He had a lot of information about things other than the Iraq war, but it seems the media only wants to hear warwarwar. Check out the video or a full transcript if you're interested.

We're off to Hanoi now, so I'll do a better update from there.