more abt the trip-
reminsicning while being bored

wt came 2 mind:

sitting on the stone tables in the courtyard in
my guesthouse at Luang Prabang...
for dinner i bought One x grilled fish fr the pasar
malaam... it wuz i think 1000 kip... i think..
hmm memory fails... wuz a smaller fish- got
bigger one 1500 or 15000 cant rem sia
but should b 1000 kip - abt 1 USD
at the fish wif beer- the nice owner brought me a plate
n i shared bit of the fish wif the cat...
i flew bak 2 vientiene then bus 2 bangkok fr there-
so tt wuz the last part of my trip liao...

where did i stay in vient... oh i didnt- js dumpd
me bags at guesthouse n wait 4 the bus...
the bus bak was good tho... nice
next best 2 tt intra cambodia one...
a movie i js watchd there wuz this line which went someth like
"the best thing 2 travelling is going home"
indeed tt wuz hw i felt when i wuz taking the tuk tuk
2 the airport at LP. relief- going home...
guess i wasnt built 4 solitary travel as well as i thot

wt other memorieS? cuchi tunnels was nt bad- proli
the best TOurist Tour. they servd tapioca at end of tour
wif a peanut n sugar dipping sauce- haha... to "experience"
the hunger of the time... i wonder if the ang-mohs ever tried
b4...

others? Hmm got 2 shoot of AK-47 n a colt pistol
in cambodia- tt wuz fun tho pricey. AK recoil is super-nt-funny sia.
i fired while seated- with a stand n still the jerk wuz like...
but colt is much more fun...

stil others? Hmm i guess chatting wif Nueng- one of my
waitresses at the corner of Soi Cowboy in Bangkok js
b4 comin home. i wuz too shy 2 go in one of them
dirty bars so ended up pubbing there instead.
They serve bottled beers wrapped in a stryofoam holder-
smart n cheap way 2 keep em cool.
i guess i rem her cos she wuz so coy haha...
she appeard 2 by shy when i wuz lookin at her-
said she, tt i lookd 2 much like a thai- which made it
"real" i guess, preventing her fr engaging in the
usual flirty style she did wif them ang-mohs
true or false? go figure- but it was memorable...

i guess im feelin lonely nw too altho i may nt always
b aware of it. tt y mood ups n downs man. kinda frustrating.

Oh- another tourist exhibit - Tuol Seng genocide museum-
agn v memorable emotional. The war meusuem in vietnam wasnt bad
too...
Best hotel/guesthouse- Viet Hai at Nha trang- friendly staff,
simple breakfast thrown in which the lady prepared 4 us-
banana other frutis, baguette wif laughing cow cheese n tea.

the social highlight of me visit i guess has 2 b when i travelled
wif stephanie n ... crikey wat wuz her name- the kiwi girl...
for a couple of days-
abit uncomfortable but well, different.
i smoked a single puff of the kiwi girls "Spliff"-
a self rolled tobacco wif xtras...
it was v pleasant ha... i didnt even noe it was special
until she told me afterwards- sorta made me regret
i was my law-abiding selff even miles fr home.
should hv tried i thot ha...

Linguistic highlight- exchanging a few words wif the
Japanese dude- A restaurant owner at viet-- yea viet
was calling me bak after i paide me bill. i wuz kinda clueless
wt the prob wuz but this jap dude called me "Nihonjin desu ka?"
n i instantly replied "Chigaimasu, Shingaporujin desu"
the dude spoke great english too. he said he spoke viet cos
hed been there many times... well well...

Why havent i recalled the times when i spent wif the others?
mebe cos i wuz too comfy? enjoyin the company nt so much
as the travel experience?
But defn rem the 26 hr bus ride- heh ok im exagerrating-
it includes few short stops...
tt wuz fr Hoi-an, Vietnam direct to Vientiane Laos-
check the map dude
its nt funny.
N it wuz a bloody con- or at least damn poor service.

we got up the quite high standard tourist bus in viet first-
a short ride to Hue we were told 2 get off-
n we got bak on another air-con bus jamp packed wif local
tourists- lotsa familys- with strange smell in the air...
well this bus brought us up 2 vinh - n we were told 2
get off- this wuz abt 1am ... i waitd til abt 3 am at this
nite-kopitiam - interesting food tho - chilli ikan bilis
porridge- they js add the ikan 2 the chok n it becomes
all reddish - me js had simple duck porridge... they serve
it wif some offal so tts more fun.
anyway it wuz here tt i met eng seng. I wuz travellin north,
he south, but both headed 2 vientiene. eng seng is
a singaporean dude who was a taking a break after
working for couple years- hes abt 26,27 la...
anyway- the bus tt picked us up at abt 3am was the killer.
its like a small old school bus, no aircon, cramped seats-
and half the floor was filled wif cargo-lotsa fruits- go figure.
the bus made the worst part of the trip over bad ground,
stopping at strange places for the new crew-
a rather intimidating one where no-one spoke english-
to deliver fruit.

i cant remember getting off the bus.
herm.
anyway - the impressive thing abt the bus tho was
the super-fast changing of the tyre tt blew ...
reali impressive- when it happnd- i went 2 check out the
trye- it was like- skinned- a large part of the tyre
peeeeled off. i kept a smal bit of the rubber but threw it away
later. anyway-the trye changing procedure. This small monkey
of a dude got this ladder n climbed up the bus - lo n behold,
nt onli was there a spare tyre on top of the bus, but a transmission
as well. The dude, with others, stringed up the tyre n lowered it
while others jacked up the bus n removed the dead tyre.
ithink it took all of ten minutes man...

yea... well wif eng seng, i went 2 vang vien n had a pretty
fun tourist- thing- the caving tubing thing...Vang vieng
is quite possibly the most beautiful place ive seen
where people stay. Places like mount XYZ in brunei
and Kinabalu dunt count cos they are parks n special places.
this was a real small town tt had an airfield bside it- ex air-field
think was used in viet war or someth by americans...
It was there tt i tried opium tea.
quite unforgettable ... Vang vien town, of whic main road
is all of ... 400m long? has lotsof this cosy tourist hangouts-
short short tables japanese style wif cushions all ard 4 u 2 laze...
n the food menus there have this special section -
serving "Happy" versions of their pizzas, milkshakes n wat nt.
me shared a opium tea wif ES... it wuz a lipton tea
with this frothy powder addition...
wif great intrepidation we sipped. N nothing. ES felt it was too bitter,
leaving me 2 finish the mug. Still nothing.
However, aabt an hour later- i started 2 feel weird. Noth like an alchohol
high... but js weird. Abt an hour n half later, i was nt feeling 2 comfortable
n proceedde 2 drink some hot water on the veranda of our guesthouse...
2 hours later- i made a dash for the toilet n threw up my dinner....
the opium tea experience.

well tts all 4 nw folks... wat shal i do 4 the rest of the day?