Technically, this journey started on Day 95. We need to get to Ho Chi Minh as our next stop. How far away is the it? Only a 24 hour bus ride! 24 hours. On a bus. Why oh why oh why!!!!! Nobody should have to be on a bus that long. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad; however, I can understand now why people say the roads in Vietnam are horrible.
As both of us attempted to sleep in our otherwise decently comfortable bus, the bus only drove on bad broken roads with tons of traffic. Slam brake, insert horn, ka-thunk, ka-thunk, bad gear shift, repeat. No continuous unbroken sleep for these two passengers. Apparently the roads from Hanoi in the north are good as are the roads from Ho Chi Minh in the south. The roads in the middle are crap!
We had to change buses after 12 hours, so we had a chance to get out and stretch our legs. Then frankly, we slept, listened to podcasts, or read for the rest of the journey. Thankfully our hotel in Ho Chi Minh was only a 3 minute walk away. With all of that sleep and travelling, it was only logical that we just wanted to keep sleeping!
Tomorrow, early morning for another embassy trip,
As both of us attempted to sleep in our otherwise decently comfortable bus, the bus only drove on bad broken roads with tons of traffic. Slam brake, insert horn, ka-thunk, ka-thunk, bad gear shift, repeat. No continuous unbroken sleep for these two passengers. Apparently the roads from Hanoi in the north are good as are the roads from Ho Chi Minh in the south. The roads in the middle are crap!
We had to change buses after 12 hours, so we had a chance to get out and stretch our legs. Then frankly, we slept, listened to podcasts, or read for the rest of the journey. Thankfully our hotel in Ho Chi Minh was only a 3 minute walk away. With all of that sleep and travelling, it was only logical that we just wanted to keep sleeping!
Tomorrow, early morning for another embassy trip,
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