It's all part of the adventure..right?

So we headed out the other day(I guess 7 days ago now) we rode for a bit, checked out some cool waterfalls, and headed for our first stop-Kom Tum. Our hotel was intresting, ok to sleep, but none of us would have chosen it. Had some local food-all veggie-even the lil smokie hot dogs, and our first of many mystery meats of our trip. the next few days pretty much mirrored this..ride, ride, ride stop for smoke breaks, checked out some'sights' then headed to our seedy hotel for the night.



All the cities we stopped in were in the middle of BFE, and what the f are we suppost to do-nowhere we could actually go, so we held up in our rooms and got our drink on. On the third night we decided to actually go out with our drivers and hit up a local 'bar'. Mez, Dan & Luke headed up to grap hoodies and when they were gone for a bit to long I started to wonder..So I headed up and looks like Mez ate shit down the stairs and sprained her ankle. Good thing we had some vodka! So our drivers went out got some more vodka, soem Asian pears, ohh and some PIGEON! Let me tell you, it wasn't half bad! And no, it didnt taste like chicken-but it was pretty tasty. Gotta try new things right?! So next day-ride, ride, ride, sight, ride, ride....

For the amount of money we were paying it would have been nice to seen more of the towns we went to and a little more sights not as much riding. So yesterday we got to Mui Ne-a beach town in southern Vietnam. We had some issues finding a hotel, and Mez and I needed some well overdue beach time. So our drivers dropped us at the beach, and went to find some accomadations-you would think they would have had that planned right? So after a short 1.5 hour-it was past peak sun time anyway, they came back and let us know they found a great place. We all switched up drivers on the way back, and were off. My driver, with Luke was a little behind (mind you he's the 'boss' and has always been way behind everyone the whole trip, which he would get very angry about-everyday..). They showed up maybe 10 minuets behind the rest of us. Apparently Tri was very upset. I went out to get my bag off his bike, and I thanked him for finding such a great place. He mumbled something about 'don't worry you take bus tomorrow, much better" I asked him, "What?!" "No problems, I explain later..". So I got back to the room and told Luke what he said, and he said how pissed off he was at the other guys for getting so far ahead. blah blah blah....So Danny took a shower and we headed down to the beach for a look. Dan comes walking up-a little perturbed...I guess the drivers were throwing in the towel, and were going back home. Right. Back home. After 6 days of driving us all over the highlands, to random fucking towns, and charging us $50 a day-not including meals or drinks....We were all a little concerened. So we went to talk to the guys. I guess my driver was' tired' and his ' back hurt' so he wanted to go home. The other guys were still game, but really... So we paid them for the last 2 days, a total of $300 for what..and they were OUT. So we went out to Italian dinner-ppbbtt-pizza, had some vino-then headed to the beach for a lil vodka and bonfire.
We booked a bus (another one-we still have our tickets we paid for in Hanoi-apparently non-refundable) and headed out to Saigon first thing in the am. After a little longer than told ( we're use to that now :)) we have arrived. Got a room for the night, going to check out the night market, Chu Chi Tunnels manana, then hop on a plane to Bangkok. One night there, a little secret santa shopping-then off to the beautiful island of Koh Tao for the holidays YEAH!!!
So, like i said, it's all part of the adventure right?! :)-m

Eating some mystery meat
** Reading this now- in March-It was really not THAT bad. Seriously, I complained alot, but really it was awesome. A total experience of a life time. We saw alot of the countryside of Vietnam, and it was beautiful. I wouldnt have changed a thing. :)