Hi all!
We should technically be posting from the plane back to Portland by now, but alas, our flight got cancelled last night and we are still in Saigon - WOOHOO!! Flight cancellations can be a great thing in Asia when the airline puts you in a 5-star hotel with robes and slippers (see bottom pic), a pool, gym, spa, hot H2O shower, air-con, sheets you actually want to sleep in, and 3 amazing buffets to keep you busy while you while away the hours in one of the most amazing cities on earth! Pity us, please!
We have had a great last week of our trip, aside from the belly issues that got to the both of us the last weeks. Kuta, Bali was fun - we got our great hotel back and had lots of sun. Poor Krista was not feeling great and couldn't enjoy the surfing, but I am happy to report that I figured out how to surf (on the smaller waves) and had a blast doing so.....came with a couple battle wounds (I have bruises like a 5-year old!), but the adrenaline rush of catching a wave was well-worth the pain (see first pic)! Other than that, we just relaxed by our pool and did a little shopping and walking around - and of course, playing with the poor caged monkey on the side of the street (3rd pic) - don't worry mom, I washed my hands after petting him!
We had a bit of a layover in Kuala Lumpur and saw some sights briefly before heading back to Saigon. Very happy to be back here - it's such a fun city and we really missed the Vietnamese food! We even took a ride to the museum with the bike-transport-rickshaw (sp?) thing - quite fun. It really seems like eons ago that we first arrived here - we have been so far and done so much in 6 weeks! We were really not at all sad that we were forced to do one more day here!
So, back to the States (maybe!) late tonight. Who knows, perhaps we'll get a free day in Tokyo too - we'll keep our fingers crossed.
Krista and I will both be posting our pictures on facebook when we get back - there's a ridiculous amount of them, so hopefully they won't be too boring. Check them out!
2 comments:
im so excited for you guys that your last day in saigon was in high style!! mom was telling me that you were supposed to have an 8 hour layover in tokyo, that woud be sweet!!! enjoy, keep us updated, love you!!!
bob
Hey Lauren & Krista!
Looks like you girls had a helluva great time . . . & you were much more blog-social than I was while traveling.
Hope to see ya soon,
Juddy
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