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April 13, 2007
Friends on the road
When we first came to Vietnam, we were pleasantly surprised to meet such interesting people as we traveled North from Saigon to Hanoi. Friendships seem to form quickly here and surpringly we've stayed in touch with people we met last time. Some it's easier to chat up people here because Vietnam can be tiring and stressful at times. Because of that there's a real solidarity among backpackers. Whatever it is, I'm enjoying the company of all the different people we're meeting.
In Hue, we met Sue, an Australian girl who came to volunteer at an orphanage in September. She's loving it so much that she's decided to open a salad and smoothie take-out shop in the backpacker area. If you're ever in Hue, be sure to say hi to Sue for us and have a mango shake and some potato salad. You'll find her at Missy Roo's (I can't remember the address but will update post later). Helping out Sue is Christa, from Denmark, who also came to Hue to volunteer and will be leaving at the end of the month. Josh actually met Christa in Nha Trang and had planned to meet up again while we were in Hue.
In Hanoi, we met Sandy, from Switzerland, who's backpacking around Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos for the next few months. I almost choked on my beer laughing as he was telling me about the disgusting lunch of dog meat boiled in water he had the other day. And Cecile, from France, who was my cooking buddy in the class I took yesterday at Old Hanoi.
Tonight we're meeting up with Marcus again, a German writer, who Josh had met in Saigon and I met briefly in Hue.
Posted by insideoutmag at April 13, 2007 04:28 AM
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