Following an excessively close game seven and a back to back championship win for LA (yes, that is what is important to me), we departed for Vietnam in the wee hours of a Friday morning. Goodbyes are never fun, but they must be done. And after many hugs were exchanged and promises made to visit, we set out on a nineteen hour voyage across the Pacific Ocean to our new home Hồ Chí Minh City, still known as Saigon to many both in the city and abroad. We flew from San Francisco to Taipei, Taiwan on the always unpleasant jumbo jet that one takes on such a journey. But our flight could have been worse, and has been in the past. With the help of an eat me and a drink me, we more than willingly fell down the rabbit hole into a ten hour slumber, only to wake to the equivalent of an SD to NY flight to navigate before we touched down in Taiwan for a two hour layover.
Layovers by nature rarely warrant any amount of excitement, but it's amazing how exciting free WiFi can be these days. I made some Skype calls and some Google Voice SMS's all for the extremely reasonable price of free. Just that word tends to excite me. I know, blah blah blah, get on with it already. So we did make it to Nam and found immigrating an easy task. We were met by an extremely nice woman from our school named Ms. Nga who was hanging out playing with her new iPhone just outside the airport (I will be able to reattach myself to my brain extension ASAP). Next we piled our belongings into a car and headed to District 1 where we are staying in the Hotel Lan Lan 2. It must be good if there are two, right?
Anyway, the driving situation in this country will never cease to amaze me. Watch the video below and prepare to be blown away. People just go. It doesn't matter your mode of transport. Whether you be bound by foot, bicycle, cyclo, motorbike, car, or bus, as long as you keep an even pace the rule of thumb is to just go. I can't wait for people to visit us. It will blow your mind.
Pat & Ash, Wow I watched the video and that was crazzzy. I can't wait to see avideo of the two of you on a motor bike together while carrying 6 bags of groceries and a 12 pack of beer on your laps. Hope you guys are settling in well & have fun. Miss you guys already! Jake & Leah!!!
Fun to read your blog, Pat. Keep them coming. I hope to learn a lot about present-day Viet Nam in the next two years. Loved the video, too! Be safe, and have a wonderful time. Love you. Aunt Jo
Following an excessively close game seven and a back to back championship win for LA (yes, that is what is important to me), we departed for Vietnam in the wee hours of a Friday morning. Goodbyes are never fun, but they must be done. And after many hugs were exchanged and promises made to visit, we set out on a nineteen hour voyage across the Pacific Ocean to our new home Hồ Chí Minh City, still known as Saigon to many both in the city and abroad. We flew from San Francisco to Taipei, Taiwan on the always unpleasant jumbo jet that one takes on such a journey. But our flight could have been worse, and has been in the past. With the help of an eat me and a drink me, we more than willingly fell down the rabbit hole into a ten hour slumber, only to wake to the equivalent of an SD to NY flight to navigate before we touched down in Taiwan for a two hour layover. 
Layovers by nature rarely warrant any amount of excitement, but it's amazing how exciting free WiFi can be these days. I made some Skype calls and some Google Voice SMS's all for the extremely reasonable price of free. Just that word tends to excite me. I know, blah blah blah, get on with it already. So we did make it to Nam and found immigrating an easy task. We were met by an extremely nice woman from our school named Ms. Nga who was hanging out playing with her new iPhone just outside the airport (I will be able to reattach myself to my brain extension ASAP). Next we piled our belongings into a car and headed to District 1 where we are staying in the Hotel Lan Lan 2. It must be good if there are two, right?
Anyway, the driving situation in this country will never cease to amaze me. Watch the video below and prepare to be blown away. People just go. It doesn't matter your mode of transport. Whether you be bound by foot, bicycle, cyclo, motorbike, car, or bus, as long as you keep an even pace the rule of thumb is to just go. I can't wait for people to visit us. It will blow your mind. 
3 comments:
Pat & Ash,
Wow I watched the video and that was crazzzy. I can't wait to see avideo of the two of you on a motor bike together while carrying 6 bags of groceries and a 12 pack of beer on your laps. Hope you guys are settling in well & have fun. Miss you guys already!
Jake & Leah!!!
Fun to read your blog, Pat. Keep them coming. I hope to learn a lot about present-day Viet Nam in the next two years. Loved the video, too! Be safe, and have a wonderful time. Love you. Aunt Jo
Great Blog! Looking forward to your updates. Crazy traffic but i guess you will get use to it in no time.
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