Hello Vietnam

Without having planned to meet, Liz and I ran into each other at the airport in Jakarta, disoriented and tired, and were thrilled :) We went to a café and spent the waiting time at the airport talking about our experiences during our time apart. We both would have liked to stay longer in Indonesia, as two months is definitely too short for this country and we felt like we had just arrived... but we were also very excited about Vietnam. Especially the people, the coffee, and the chay food :)

Arriving in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), we went directly to the neighborhood of the bus station, as we planned to continue to the south, to the Mekong Delta, the next day. We booked a room (unintentionally) in an hourly hotel, and were wondering why the lady initially didn't want to give us a room, even though it was obvious that she rented rooms. We then slept surrounded by mirrors and a sexy poster on the wall.

After a night in this special guesthouse, we agreed to go to the small town of Cai Be in the Mekong Delta as our next destination, and we had a bus ride ahead of us with a breakdown and an unfriendly bus attendant. Arriving in Cai Be, we found accommodation (we named it the ghost hotel, as we were usually the only guests in the huge hotel) and were able to experience Vietnam and its first impressions.