Adios Vietnam, Namaste Nepal

Wow, I'm getting worse and worse and updating this puppy.

A quick recap of the last few weeks:

After quitting the backpacker guide job in Hanoi, I headed south to Saigon to see Brandon and Adam.

It was EPIC.
I landed in Ho Chi Minh City and as soon as I got off the plane the boys were waiting for me.

There are no words that can describe how wonderful it felt to see them again. Three years is a long time to go without seeing someone of monumental importance in your life.
Cool as.

They then proceeded to show me a side of Vietnam which I probably NEVER would have been able to access without them. I went to aerobics classes with Brandon's girlfriend Quyen (hilarious...picture about fifty teeny little Vietnamese ladies jumping around on a cement courtyard to some of the most aweful pop music you have ever heard. Soooo fun).

We went to a wedding (Vietnamese weddings last exactly one hour: you sit down, drink a bunch of beer, eat, then leave. You can tell who partied hardest based on the size of the trash pile under their table. Try not to kick over the thousands of empties as you leave).

We went to the Mekong delta and hung out with Quyen's family for the national holiday, then went to a seaside resort where Brandon and I were the only two white people. Sort of makes you feel like a rockstar when people stare at you that much.

I went to Vung Tau with Adam and his girlfriend where I got to experience karaoke. Real karaoke with a bunch of Vietnamese bar staff. I am not even going to begin to try to relate the hilarity of THAT experience.

Stories and experiences to last a lifetime.
I know you guys are going to read this so THANK YOU. Y'all killed it.

Quickly raced back to Bangkok after Saigon, where I was reunited with some folks from Vang Vieng for a night or two on Khao San Road.

And now...at long last...I am in NEPAL.

Two years of dreaming, and I'm finally here. I keep pinching myself. Kathmandu is everything I dreamed it would be and more. The smells, the colours, the people....this is going to be amazing.

I leave for Pokhara in the morning. Nepal House, here I come!