Misc.

- Two nights ago a giant rat ran by my feet while I sat in a dirty, dark alley eating the best bowl of pho 

  I've ever eaten.

- I visited a pottery village yesterday, and an ocean and three islands. I rented a bike for $1.00 and rode

  it all day.

- I just left a magic city where there were lanterns everywhere and it made me think of my friends 

  back home.  (Hoi An, Vietnam)

- I am writing a lot about painting and reading a lot about the creation and study of the universe - I don't

  really understand either.

- I can now cross "eat an entire pineapple like it is an ear of corn" off of my list of things to do.

- I listened to a Ray Charles album this evening which made me want to drink wine so I did that.

- For the first time on this trip I got a pretty rough case of the I Miss You Blues yesterday. Even though

  I am meeting lots of interesting people and seeing lots of interesting things I don't have the hugs,

  laughs, or conversations that are in such good supply back home. Remedy: Jerry Seinfeld/Mitch

  Hedburg standup + two hour nap + huge amount of food...and ice cream.

I felt much better. 

I am taking an 8:00AM bus to Phnom Penh, Cambodia tomorrow and hopefully meeting up with my Australian friends from Thailand and Laos. Ho Chi Minh City is INSANE. 

I took a plane today - my backpack weights 12.7 kilos.

I just ate more ice cream - it's very warm here.

I miss you guys, thanks for reading, you da' bomb,

Bea