It's a small world. When we were in Hoi An (central part of Vietnam), we ran into the same couple 4 times at the store we were getting our suits made . We also ran into them at dinner one night! At this point we started joking about stalking each other. About 5 days later, we're in Sapa, a mountain town in northern Vietnam and run into this same couple! Apparently we were on the same schedule. Two days later, we're in the capital Hanoi (an overnight train ride from Sapa) and run into this couple at lunch! So at this point we make plans to meet for Happy Hour and dinner that night (we probably would've run into each other anyway) - haha.
We met them - Amy and John - at their hotel - the Sofitel (swank) - enjoyed some cocktails and felt slightly weird about being there as we're currently assuming our backpacker identity. The coincidences get even stranger: we both were thinking of going to the same place for dinner and we both preferred the same kind of wine. When ordering dessert, Cath and Amy had both been eyeing the same one. Amy had just finished her MBA at Kellogg and they were vacationining for 4 weeks (they currently live in Tennessee). John decided we were couples "separated at birth".
We had a pretty big night out with them - after dinner we went to a "Bia Hoi" which is basically a keg set up on a street corner w/ lots of plastic chairs & tables. They're all over the place in Hanoi. There was a soccer team having "bia" (beer) and Matt & John had shots with them & then they bought us a round. We went out to a couple bars later and ended up getting kicked out of the last bar around 1am when Communist cops showed up and shut the place down. It was a blast! The next morning, or umm, afternoon to be more exact, we nursed our hangovers with coffee milkshakes & pizza at a place called "Pepperonis" by our hostel.
Tonight we have a flight to Singapore and tomorrow off to Bali - 13 nights in paradise! Since we don't get into Singapore till 1:30am, we're planning on sleeping at the airport! It's been voted one of the best airports in the world - there's "nap areas", a pool, gym, salons, free city bus tours if your layovers more than 5 hours...we're actually looking forward to a night at the airport!
PS - we're having trouble uploading pics, but check back b/c we'll keep trying!
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3 comments:
It is so wonderful and amazing the adventures you're having.
Keep on trucking !
Hey Matt, those suits you got, that is so hot !
Don't listen to those boys, now you gonna be the prettiest
of them all.
Relax and have great time the rest of your trip.
nice updates, i can't wait to hear about the Xtreme adventure excursion in Nam, mountain biking and kayaking?
there is a huge hmong population in Minneapolis, many of them waited 20 years after the Vietnam war to be patriated to the US after they supported our war efforts against the VC. I thought most if not all were taken to America because they were persecuted after the war for helping us.
got your postcards this week, they were some sweet pics...also, pammy has possession of your suitcases that you shipped.
sounds like the last part of the trip will be pretty amazing. be careful in Bali......fyi i wear a size medium =;)
i just got caught up on all your adventures and i am so stoked that you guys are having such an amazing time. you are making me want to get back out there again! i can't wait to see the pics.
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