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After exploring the Mekong delta for a day, uncle Dave and I experienced a night on the town in Saigon, starting with some delicious juicy snails for dinner whilst admiring the beauty that is lady boy's. We found the most incredible pub singers and enjoyed their music, perched on tiny stools at tiny tables (a sign of a decent establishment). I don't think any of us were happy about the early morning which was to follow but a large bowl of Pho for breakfast sorted us right out before we boarded onto a sleeper bus at 9 in the morning...this was the most comfortable, relaxing bus journey any of us have been on. I mean, it makes perfect sense to spend the day on a sleeper bus, right..? AND they were single beds this time, praise the Lord. As soon as we'd arrived in Bao Loc, we headed out towards Dambri Falls, expecting to see a beautiful natural waterfall. Yes, this is what we saw but only after being shoved onto a roller coaster and pushed off down the hill, spending 20minutes gliding

Cody Varnish

49 chapters

The one where there are tiny chairs at tiny tables

April 09, 2018

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Bao Loc, Vietnam

After exploring the Mekong delta for a day, uncle Dave and I experienced a night on the town in Saigon, starting with some delicious juicy snails for dinner whilst admiring the beauty that is lady boy's. We found the most incredible pub singers and enjoyed their music, perched on tiny stools at tiny tables (a sign of a decent establishment). I don't think any of us were happy about the early morning which was to follow but a large bowl of Pho for breakfast sorted us right out before we boarded onto a sleeper bus at 9 in the morning...this was the most comfortable, relaxing bus journey any of us have been on. I mean, it makes perfect sense to spend the day on a sleeper bus, right..? AND they were single beds this time, praise the Lord. As soon as we'd arrived in Bao Loc, we headed out towards Dambri Falls, expecting to see a beautiful natural waterfall. Yes, this is what we saw but only after being shoved onto a roller coaster and pushed off down the hill, spending 20minutes gliding

down rusty tracks through the forest in the middle of nowhere with no one around....how the flip we were going to get back up to the top was a completely different question all together. During our stay in Bao Loc, we saw 0 other white people so dinner was no different as we found a small local restaurant that served up an array of meats, accompanied by staring locals, more tiny chairs and tables and trashy dub step music featuring jingle bells - just a standard Vietnamese tea time really. Our breakfast the following morning was a very similar set up regarding the staring locals and array of meat. As we waited patiently for our Pho, I looked across the table to see the lady opposite munching on a huge pigs ear and another lady with some kind of meaty balls resembling eyeballs floating above her noodles...so yes, I was getting slightly nervous at this point. A dish arrived in front of me and as I looked into the depths of it, I could make out 2 different styles of meaty balls, a liver-looking slice, and a huge bone with a couple of mouthfuls of pork attached to it. It's safe to say that it wasn't my standard bowl of breakfast anyway...



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The one where I'm unprepared

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The one where I people watch

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The one with the sweaty boys

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The one with the pickled slugs

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The one where I smell

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The one with pacing bears and bamboo grubs

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The one where I might have rabies

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The one with more Pad Thai

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The one with 762 curves

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The one with boobs

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The one with the wall of China

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The one where I'm full

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The one with the "cruise"

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The one with waterfalls

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The one with one too many waterfalls...

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The one where the bird dies

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The one with the Lao Lao

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The one where I discover bangers and mash

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The one with moody views

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The one with a girl, a bike and a big city

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The one where I'm offered a foetus kebab

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The one where I'm really lazy

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The one with dolphins in it

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The one with the virgin chicken

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The one where I eat a lot of pepper

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The one with the minty Carbonara

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The one where there's a bit o splash back

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The one where I'm at one with nature

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The one with the red chair restaurants

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The one with the disappointed tourists

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The one where it's not actually cake

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The one where I wait

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The one where I cross the border

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The one where there are tiny chairs at tiny tables

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The one where I fight with the toilet

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The one where there was "no roast duck" left

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The one with the fashionable poncho's

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The one with the broken scooter

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The one where I eat wild mushrooms

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The one where my kayak is full of coral

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The one with the giggling policemen

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The one where I am reunited with Pad Thai

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The one where everything is extortionate

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The one where I'm a bottomless pit

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The one where I apparently stink

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The one where he melted

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The one where Oasis perform live

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The one where my splinter is sterile

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The one where it comes to an end

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