Ho Chi Minh to Bai Chai
Denise: Another early morning… We took a two and a half hour flight to a brand new airport in the North of Vietnam called Van Don. The airplanes were new and the airport smelt just as new.We took a rocket bus (Yes, the kind a honey badger would take, the one where it don’t give a ****) it drives super fast on the wrong side of the road, while hooting.
On another note – OUR FEET STINK! These boots with socks in 27°+ weather with humidity that’s unspeakable is asking for attention!
Denise: We finally arrived to pick up The Byke, helmets and biking gear. Moldy March overstayed its welcome and claimed a victim…
Denise: I got to see Hung, whom used to be my chauffer/body guard/ shopping buddy. He got new teeth😁!
Jonathan: Hung is a ‘Xe Om’ driver. Pronounced ‘Se Om’. Not really helping here, am I? Anyhow, he is a great guy and one of the locals who used to take Ness to and from work. His common phrase was, “DeeDee numba one.” This proved to be true as he continued to be a reliable and considerate throughout our stay in 2018.
Jonathan: So time is a fucking bastard (pardon the expletives). It’s quick, cold and unjust. We haven’t seen so many of our colleagues and friends in Cam Pha for over six months now. And all we had was a lunch with them. It’s regrettable that it is so…. I wish we could have spent a few days. However, if time were infinite we wouldn’t appreciate small, fleeting moments such as today.
Denise: It was great seeing our friends again, everyone looks so great. It makes me feel nostalgic seeing our old home still in great condition, if not better. Thank you guys!
Jonathan: As we were walking to the teachers’ house we kept on saying how much we miss the town. “Tay Tay!!” someone shouts from across the street during our brief walk. And, yup, we even miss getting called out in public as a foreigner. Hahaha.
Jonathan: The ‘bak’ (if you’re Afrikaans then that is how I refer to our bike) isn’t feeling 100%, so we have decided to stop by a guy we know in Hanoi to take a look at it tomorrow. Sjoe…. Another ungodly early morning. Here we go! On the plus side…. If all is well and we leave Hanoi (one of my least favourite cities) early; we’ll be sleeping in a tree house tomorrow evening…. And…. Sleeping in late!
Denise: Woop, Woop!!
Jonathan: oh, the people you meet! We were waiting for a friend outside a restaurant, and on a bike next to us was an Austrian traveler. And as we got to wagging the chins we clicked super well. It also turned out that he was an Uncle Ho trail traveler too, except he had started in Saigon. We are in the North now, for those of you who didn’t check on Google maps where Cam Pha is. In the end, we had supper with Dominik and what a pleasant, fleeting and small encounter we had with another traveller. One to be cherished as time’s current goes ever faster. 
Denise: Everything happens for a reason!
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