Sam | March 26, 2009
Well, I’ve been playing games all damn night and I’ve finally gotten the inspiration to write the blog post that I’m sure some of you have been gagging for.
Here it is, in a reasonably nutshell.
We arrived in Hanoi and was run over by it and mildly recoiled in horror at being back in the big [...]
Sam | March 19, 2009
Well, our Hoi An visit has come to an end and it’s onto a plane tomorrow morning for Hanoi.
We dropped in and said goodbye to the gorgeous girls who I’ve fallen in love with at Peace Tailor and gave them our contact details. We’re going to email them some photos of their suits [...]
Sam | March 17, 2009
Xin Chao bitchez!
Rented a Yamaha Sirius and headed North about 30 klms to Da Nang this morning. The road was fairly good on the way without too much craziness (relative to what, I’m unsure) and the bike engine was fairly new and ran smoothly with the luxury of disk brakes!
The few klms leading into the [...]
Sam | March 15, 2009
Hiya,
I’ve uploaded the photos from the suits I got made at Peace Tailor in Hoi An (that’s for the search engines).
The shoes I got from 09 Cobblers in Hoi An were good, but the people who work there are fairly shit at customer service and at generally being nice. I wouldn’t recommend anyone going [...]
Sam | March 13, 2009
Howdy.
We’re in Hoi An, as you probably already know. And what’s Hoi An famous for? Their populous of 500 tailors. Good or bad? Good question.
As this is Vietnam, and the home of the “It’s ok, numbah one special price good quality new!” about 450 of those tailors will make you a sack out of [...]
Sam | March 11, 2009
First off, I’ve uploaded more photos. Check out the photos page. I also noticed I didn’t upload anything from Dalat, and all my motorcycle photos haven’t been uploaded so I’ll do those tonight. Watch that space.
We ended up catching the surreal night sleeper bus out of Nha Trang last night at 7pm and were thrown [...]
Sam | March 9, 2009
I stream this post from amongst the pimps, the rats and the whores. No, this isn’t a band lineup from the Seaview Tavern circa 1999, this is Nha Trang baby. A stretch of beach with only 3 things on it’s mind. Selling sex, selling cigarettes and selling sunglasses.
Sure, the beach is pretty, sure, the [...]
Sam | March 3, 2009
Holy mother of Christ. Let’s start with the tofu. Nay, Tofu now needs to be a proper noun and capitalised to suit.
Ate at the Art Cafe for breakfast and ate maybe the best damn meal I’ve eaten in Vietnam, maybe the best restaurant meal I’ve ever tasted. It was chili and lemongrass tofu with steamed [...]