Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Hong Kong
Havent posted in a while, been pretty busy.
Landed in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City around 9pm, went to our hostel that was run by a sweet old lady who was an English teacher for 40 years. Went out and got some great food and a facial haha, next day we went to the Cu Chi Tunnels which is an underground tunnel network that helped the Viet Cong bring supplies to Saigon to fight the southern government and the US troops... very interesting day listening to the guides tell us about all the hidden traps they had set up to kill American soldiers. Kristen and I shot some M-60 machine guns, and an AK-47. Next day we rented a motorbike and joined the swarms of prople on the roads around the city, got totally lost and had a few close calls but made it back safely. Next day we went on a one day excursion to the Mekong Delta which was a trip, hung out with some Viet/Canadiens who stumped us on the capital of Canada (Ottawa) then told us that we had to go to Macau because it's sooo fun.
That night we got home and went on the internet to find that flights to Hong Kong were going to cost us between $250-300... after searching the wide web for a bit I found an airline called VIVA-macau that was going to cost $150. Naturaly we booked it, headed out at 7am the next morning, hopped on a free bus to the Venetian hotel (Macau is Las Vegas of Asia, so there is a Venetian, Hard Rock, Wynn, MGM Grand) we booked an amazing room at the Hard Rock Hotel Macau with the money we saved on the plane tickets, and went and saw a Cirque du Soleil show at the Venetian. Went gambling, threw five 7's in a row and won a hundred dollars, then played blackjack and lost it all, then won it all back the next day so Macau was a good investment. Got sick yesterday form my dinner the night before, hopped on a ferry to Hong Kong where we checked into our hostel/prison cell on the 13th floor of a suspicios building and slept from 8pm until 9am this morning. Currently sitting on top of the highest mountain in Hong Kong looking down onto the densest group of sky scrapers I've ever seen.
47 days in, 14 left... still rocking.
- Josh
Landed in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City around 9pm, went to our hostel that was run by a sweet old lady who was an English teacher for 40 years. Went out and got some great food and a facial haha, next day we went to the Cu Chi Tunnels which is an underground tunnel network that helped the Viet Cong bring supplies to Saigon to fight the southern government and the US troops... very interesting day listening to the guides tell us about all the hidden traps they had set up to kill American soldiers. Kristen and I shot some M-60 machine guns, and an AK-47. Next day we rented a motorbike and joined the swarms of prople on the roads around the city, got totally lost and had a few close calls but made it back safely. Next day we went on a one day excursion to the Mekong Delta which was a trip, hung out with some Viet/Canadiens who stumped us on the capital of Canada (Ottawa) then told us that we had to go to Macau because it's sooo fun.
That night we got home and went on the internet to find that flights to Hong Kong were going to cost us between $250-300... after searching the wide web for a bit I found an airline called VIVA-macau that was going to cost $150. Naturaly we booked it, headed out at 7am the next morning, hopped on a free bus to the Venetian hotel (Macau is Las Vegas of Asia, so there is a Venetian, Hard Rock, Wynn, MGM Grand) we booked an amazing room at the Hard Rock Hotel Macau with the money we saved on the plane tickets, and went and saw a Cirque du Soleil show at the Venetian. Went gambling, threw five 7's in a row and won a hundred dollars, then played blackjack and lost it all, then won it all back the next day so Macau was a good investment. Got sick yesterday form my dinner the night before, hopped on a ferry to Hong Kong where we checked into our hostel/prison cell on the 13th floor of a suspicios building and slept from 8pm until 9am this morning. Currently sitting on top of the highest mountain in Hong Kong looking down onto the densest group of sky scrapers I've ever seen.
47 days in, 14 left... still rocking.
- Josh
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Good Moring Vietnam (again)
Kristen and I are killing time at the Bangkok airport until our flight to Ho Chi Minh city. Just spent 4 days in a 5 star resort in Phuket with Joe and Tom where we enjoyed jet skis, bars, stripers, ladyboys, pedicures, waxings, amazing food and piercings. The relaxing was necessary after china and before vietnam. Got to go... hate typing on metalkeyboards.
- Josh
- Josh
Thursday, June 4, 2009
2 Nights in Bangkok!
Arrived in Bangkok last night around 1:30 in the morning. Today is the 2 year anniversary of when I left for the "ebay Trip," and it feels good to be back in a city I know so well. Headed back to the hostel I was at two years ago, and am staying in the owner's old "honeymoon suite." Just getting up, had some pad thai, and now I'm calling the bank so that my debit card doesn't get eaten. I told the bank that I would be in 5 potential countries this trip, but I hadn't even considered Thailand. Just booked a flight to Phuket for tomorrow evening so Kristen and I will be heading down south to meet up with Joe and Tom (friends from China) should be a hell of a time.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
China hates my blog
So for the last two weeks the Chinese government has blocked my blog so I haven't been able to update at all. About to get kicked out of Best Buy so I've got to make it quick:
The official school part of the trip is up, ended in Shanghai yesterday. What a ridiculous time, always on the move and will have to recap it all at another time. Was planning on going to Vietnam or Laos but the tickets were too damn expensive so Kristen and I just booked tickets to Bangkok for tomorrow night and well see what happens from there. Shanghai is incredible, never seen so many unbelievable buildings in one city. Got two beautiful tailored suits, ate on the 56th floor of the Grand Hyatt, went to some outrageous clubs, and now begins the part of the trip that I can't be expelled for misbehaving at. More from Bangkok when I get there, all is well with me, hope all is well with you.
The official school part of the trip is up, ended in Shanghai yesterday. What a ridiculous time, always on the move and will have to recap it all at another time. Was planning on going to Vietnam or Laos but the tickets were too damn expensive so Kristen and I just booked tickets to Bangkok for tomorrow night and well see what happens from there. Shanghai is incredible, never seen so many unbelievable buildings in one city. Got two beautiful tailored suits, ate on the 56th floor of the Grand Hyatt, went to some outrageous clubs, and now begins the part of the trip that I can't be expelled for misbehaving at. More from Bangkok when I get there, all is well with me, hope all is well with you.
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