I *know* - it's been nearly two weeks since we last logged in. Sorry - it's been a crazy time touring through the country, and Internet access has been either sporadic or maddeningly slow. Toli has actually been writing logs in his laptop throughout this time, and we plan to post them in the next couple of days once we reach Saigon and have a more stable base. We're also hoping to get his past logs back, so don't despair - you can reread his dogeating stories at any time. And by the way, in a nice little karmic twist, Toli has been virtually vegetarian for almost two weeks now - any sort of meat he's ingested has been met with furious rebellion from his stomach. Guess Fido got the last laugh on this one. Toli's even talking about keeping a mostly meatless diet from now on, so I guess that's a good thing.
So I don't have enough time to regurgitate everything that's happened since we left Hanoi, plus we have some logs coming up, so here are some teasers about what's been happening:
* Walked the longest poolhall in Vietnam in Vinh - We walked a town so boring that every street is lined with pool tables.
* Royal time in Hue - We enjoyed the sugarcane juice and grilled corn in the old imperial capital of Vietnam, but skipped out on the numerous opportunities to play dress up and pretend to be emperor and queen.
* Drive-by spanking in Hoi An - Toli met his ultimate nemesis in an 9-year old on a fast bicycle.
* Fending off stalkers in Qui Nhon - A school assignment plus a cowboy hat turned Toli into a mini-celebrity for a trio of giggling school girls.
* Swimming with the fishes in Nha Trang - An $8 introduction to scuba and lack of decent health insurance was too much for us to resist diving in...twice.
* Zen photos in Dalat - We data-swapped photos and music inside a pagoda with a multi-talented Buddhist monk who owns three computers and seven dogs.
Posted by Christine at April 15, 2004 10:03 AM