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duration of the ride regardless of his stature in the midst of swatting away his arm or leg i d routinely have to brace myself from sliding off the leather cushions every time the breaks were applied it was a near rhythmic dance routine but if that wasn t torture enough a few hours in i had to pee but the half way point would be coming up soon enough i reasoned and we d definitely have a potty break as 12 30 came and went i realized my calculations were incorrect i watched as people slept around me we ll stop by 1 30 i told myself but that came and went as well still no break at least not for us the driver did stop long enough for his assistant to hop out and grab a soda from a night time street vendor two o clock i concluded it had to be 2 00 when we were going to stop i was in such pain i mentally willed the driver to stop by then it didn t work two became 2 30 i had enough i had to ask but i had no clue how i was going to move myself off the top bunk all the way to the front of the bus without leaving a trail of urine down the aisle miraculously i managed there i stood at the front of the bus nearly doubled over in discomfort and asked the driver s assistant when we were going to have a bathroom break he looked at me blankly and waved me away oh nuh uh i exclaimed in my head i repeated my question a second time clarifying it with the words toilet wc potty pee he stuck his miserable little hand up five five what i demanded five minutes five o clock five hours the driver looked over and asked me what i wanted when are we stopping for the bathroom i repeated myself once more uh soon he responded i heaved a sigh of pacification of annoyance of being overwhelmed with the thought of having to waddle all the way back to the end of the bus without bursting at the seams yes fifteen minutes later the bus stopped at the side of the road i somehow managed to run off the bus being one of the first on solid ground where s the bathroom i asked the driver or was it the assistant shrugged his shoulders and indicated to the left and right with his head it was nearly 3 00 in the morning on a two way moderately trafficked street we hadn t stopped at a typical rest area on either side of the road were sidewalks lined with evening street vendors behind them row houses as far as the eye could see anywhere he was motioning pick a spot give the night vendors a show i probably grumbled something i can t really remember it has nearly been two years after all but knowing myself i most likely didn t bite my tongue i went across the street on the other side of the bus in search of somewhere with even the tiniest bit of privacy that came in the form of two white maintenance vans parked next to each other it was in between them that i found my make shift toilet which was subsequently used by all the other female passengers in dire need to relieve themselves when i walked back to my spot on the bus i heaved another sigh but this time it was of relief posted by claireb at 11 04 pm 2 comments labels vietnam monday june 1 2015 easy rider it was still early in the morning when i arrived in da lat the air was crisp and had a chill to it i hadn t experienced in months although only a few hours away from saigon the altitude s effect on the climate was widely apparent the primary reason most tourists make the jaunt inland to the hillside town instead of continuing north along the coast was the same as my own an easy rider tour in a country boasting three times the amount of motorbikes than people it s easy to get caught up in the thought that no real trip to vietnam would be complete without journeying on the back of a bike from city to city having never driven one myself up to that point i jumped on the bandwagon i met peter his vietnamese name being tran moments after stepping off the bus the older gentleman with a thick head of silver hair greeted me with a smile he was a taxi driver he said he could drive me to my hotel if i already had one or around to a few he knew of he continued i complied parked in front of my hostel the hostel i booked ahead of time that ended up being full and unable to accommodate me that is peter began his spiel he was one of the few original easy riders he claimed while pulling out a massive black zip up binder filled with photos he kept in the under seat compartment of his bike he wasn t satisfied until i flipped through every last page and then he shoved an ipad in my face see this is my tripadvisor page he informed me right here at the top do you see it says original easy rider uh huh i mumbled i was cold i was tired i was mildly uninterested in what he had to say but the hostel hadn t yet opened for the morning so i was essentially cornered and here he pointed five stars do you see each comment had no less than a perfect rating he went on pointing out five star comment after five star comment despite my many acknowledgments of i see until he was again completely satisfied i don t like making hasty decisions when i have plenty of time to explore my options especially when i m tired or cold or ornery which is what was beginning to happen but it appeared as though he would never leave me alone and he did have perfect reviews so when he said he d give me a good deal after few minutes of negotiations and my hesitancy i again complied peter the bike and a river we crossed during our three day journey together spoiler alert definitely not a five star experience and from what i discovered at the end of our 3 day journey together as he forced me to sit down with him before taking me to my final destination to write a review on his tripadvisor page was that he set the rating at 5 stars he fed me what i had to type and i was beyond grateful that for the miraculously divine intervention that caused my review to never end up online not necessarily a statistically accurate statement but close enough posted by claireb at 5 11 am 2 comments labels vietnam tuesday march 3 2015 it s strange to think that you have to come to a communist country in order to feel free expat living in vietnam it was on the long bus ride to saigon where we reclined in seats that lay like incredibly narrow bunk beds two high and three rows across the entire length of the bus except for the back which is a large platform bunk bed that holds 5 people crammed together on each the bottom and the top that i met anthony a british expat returning home early from a trip away and if there was one thing i ve learned from my travels it is this a locale is best explored with a local anthony luckily was well enough versed with ho chi minh city to be one due to his early return and continued time off work he offered to take me out of the tourist district for a few hours each day and show me the local hot spots hopping on the back of his motorbike we traversed the city weaving in and around the thousands of other motorbike drivers congesting the roads some bikes holding entire families mom s with babies in their arms the adults wearing helmets children only wearing mesh nets to prevent them from swallowing bugs while others taking more preventative measures by creating make shift bike seats amidst all the great eateries and enjoying the sites of local neighborhoods what left the most lasting impression was acoustic a bar who s name explains itself acoustic is an evening affair of local bands and individuals who play each night according to the theme of the day the venue is large enough to hold about 100 people but small enough to provide a cozy yet energetic environment and aside from the small handful of westerners the entire audience is vietnamese posted by claireb at 11 56 pm 1 comment labels vietnam monday january 26 2015 in with the new unlike a large majority of entrance visas in the world vietnam requires an entry date one in which you will only enter on or after however just like the large majority of the world s entry visas the country only allows up to a 30 day permit with the ability and desire to use every allotted day selecting a date while unsure of your plans becomes a game of russian roulette as a shot in the dark january 7 2014 became mine i didn t know how long i would want to remain in cambodia not until i was spending my days biding time for the moment i could cross the border cambodia was a lovely country one that has provided me with many great memories but we never truly connected i never gained an affinity towards it so the morning of january 7th 2014 i entered a minivan excited for the prospects of a new adventure in vietnam posted by claireb at 5 56 am 2 comments labels vietnam monday december 22 2014 the time i slept in a drug den i ended up hopping from accommodation to accommodation literally my maimed foot forcing me to remain in one of the most touristed areas of cambodia for the christmas and new year s holiday sihanoukville is essentially divided into four separate beaches victory a beach only russians frequent the resort area with the nicest beaches although consequently 2 kilometers away from civilization it is also where the outdoor stairs and i collided serendipity in the heart of all the action wildly crowded and the least enticing of the beaches i visited and otres a tiny hippy village on the water 5 kilometers away from serendipity with nice beaches and a relaxing atmosphere i left the resort area on christmas day with the inability to walk properly i needed to be closer to amenities i then moved accommodations three times in five days out of necessity rather than choice availability was limited in that area so i made due until i had enough of serendipity and its sub par beach front fortunately sammy had enough of it too we met our last night in serendipity at the hostel we booked into at the same time i saw her in the lobby the following morning with all her belongings you re checking out too i asked yeah i ve decided to try out otres she replied it was exactly where i was headed too since neither of us had a room lined up we decided to grab a tuk tuk together and see what our options were going from one hotel to another along the beach we were greeted with nothing but no vacancies until we met an older man who was checking into a hotel we were told had no available rooms i actually just checked out of a place further down the road he said from what i gather the room is available but only for tonight i ll have my boy give you the name of the hotel if you re interested we were we walked over to the car where the man said his boy was to find a young cambodian man in the passenger s seat sammy and i looked at each other he wasn t a type of boy we were expecting the filthiness of the older man had us second guessing if we even wanted to check out the hotel he suggested we went anyway we were running out of options thankfully it was quite nice but we only had it for a night sammy decided to leave for vietnam the following day whereas i had to stay but she joined me that evening in my quest for a place to rest my head for at least a few more days until my limp was less pronounced again it was proving difficult you girls looking for a place to stay we turned to see two western guys mounting their motorbikes i am not having much luck though there s a hostel near where we re staying one of the guys stated it s about a mile inland though but i m pretty sure they have availability what s it called i may as well check it out i think it s called the hacienda or something but it s on our way so we can give you girls a ride if you d like the other guy offered sure okay came my response before consulting with sammy she gave me an incredulous look the grime of the hostel was less pronounced in the darkness but they did have one bed available it s 3 a night the attendant said and it s available for as many nights as you d like just 3 a night my eyes widened shrugging my shoulders i added well may as well funny thing about sunlight it gives you a better view of your surroundings than what darkness offers i set my luggage down next to the bed i was directed to the following day with a strong hope that the sheets actually were clean from the looks of the room nothing else had been in years this is actually the nicer dorm a girl greeted me as she walked in and sat on her bed there s another dorm here that s free well you pay 3 the first night but all other nights are free as long as you keep a tab at the bar it s crowded something like 18 beds the snoring there is ridiculous but i mean it is free i was staying there for a while until this one guy was making it impossible for me to sleep from what i gathered the hacienda is home to the long term traveler ones down on their luck with no more money for housing or food not to mention enough money to return home somehow though they always had pocket change for drugs weed being the softest of the drugs floating around the compound i stepped out of the room and was greeted by an 40 something year old polish man on the porch who looked at me smiled and exclaimed i m flying before passing out i gathered up my laptop e reader ipod and any other necessity i thought i d need crammed it in my little backpack and decided from that moment onward i d spend my every waking moment at the beach upon checking out of the hostel a few days later a guy who slept in a neighboring bed started up a conversation with me as i packed away all my belongings i need to get rid of these he said midway through the conversation throwing a package of pills on top of his bag what is it why do you need to get rid of it i played along in his little conversation if the tenants weren t taking drugs they were talking about it vicodin i ve been taking too many how many 30 a day plus 10 xanex my eyes widened how is your stomach not bleeding i i i don t know i m just really depressed why don t you just throw them away then because they re drugs he stated as though my question was obviously a stupid one how much did you pay for it 4 for 40 pills and how many do you have left about 25 look i ll pay you 2 50 for the rest of those then what are you going to do with them throw them down the toilet he paused for a second looking down at the pills and then back at me nah that s okay i ll just take the rest of them tomorrow posted by claireb at 6 56 am 1 comment labels cambodia monday december 15 2014 memories of christmas past it was mid december of last year when i entered cambodia yet it doesn t feel as though a year has passed certain memories seem as though they occurred just yesterday like one revolving my foot for example this poor foot is no amateur in the field of travel related disasters rewind the clock to march of 2009 barcelona i sat on the back of a motorbike with a silly boy the end result was less than pleasant my foot being the one to face the brunt of it all trapped under a pile of machinery as we lay sideways on the ground the poor thing grew three sizes that day and remained so for weeks a long time passed before it finally forgave ...