A collection of Travel & Gaming & “What’s On My Mind” posts
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Spent the afternoon cycling around Tam Coc on an otherwise good bicycle with sod-all happening in the brake department, rented from the homestay. But first, some morning coffee.
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A Chill Day In Tam Cốc
Yes, I did have to copy-paste that last word. My phone refused to believe that you could put that number of modifiers on one letter. Biggest discovery of today is that I’ve probably been drinking Vietnamese Condensed Milk Coffee wrong.…
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Cat Ba to Ninh Binh by a plethora of means
As a spoiler alert, yes, I did make it to Ninh Binh.
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Walking In Cat Ba
I was wondering when I’d see the first one of these signs. The toilets are fitted with the delightfully named “bum guns”, but … I’m going to let you Google that for yourself. And I think you should. It’s educational.…
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Craig’s First Tour, Part 2
Here’s Part 1 Images, lots of them, you know the deal by now.
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Craig’s First Tour, Part 1
Pickup from the hostel turned out to be a young suit-wearing woman on a scooter, so an only slightly terrifying ride to the tour office occurred. All but the last 100m was in Old Quarter alleyways, so after walking them…
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Last day in Hanoi
Today was mostly packing up & forward planning. I’m operating in the hope that the completely bonkers way that tour & travel booking seems to work here is actually going to happen as planned, and I’ve added some extra bits,…
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A better day
I’m recovering from the awful day yesterday. Kinda tired & twitching, but better than yesterday. Also, I got a better shot of my Keep The Light Out system for the bunk bed. A nice thing happened in the late hours…
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I’m not sure how to feel about today
Got a breakfast Banh Mi, or what I’m calling a breakfast one since it had eggs & what I’m pretty sure is a hotdog in there. Also a cup of villanously strong coffee with condensed milk in it. Yes, it’s…
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A Lap Of The Lake, Lunch From On High, And Getting A Bit Lost
Woke up in time for hostel breakfast today, and saw the walking tour group for the day heading off; They made them do the Macarena as a warmup. That didn’t happen yesterday, and I’m not sure whether I feel that…
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