Jemler in 'nam: Archive

it’s over, i’m home again..

May 4th

Waiting..

Waiting in Taipei now.. Flight is at 23.25.. It’s 16.22 now.. Let’s see how I can fill 7h in an airport..

May 1st

Apr 30th

Boarding in noi bai at the moment..

Apr 30th

tussenstand

so went on a trip to Sapa this weekend, 8 hour nighttrain and stuff did some hicking saw some lokas had some good food, lots of drinks, nice trip. Maybe later more, with pics and stuff.. now back to work

Apr 27th

Apr 26th

Apr 25th

Apr 14th

:D this is just wrong! BIA HOI HOTTIES!

Apr 14th

Blabla

Long time no post, better post something before some people get mad.. Did the trip to Ha Long Bay this weekend, which was very nice, but little rainy and touristic. I’ll do a separate post on that. Weather is much better this week, something like 29°C but kind of cloudy, and of course very humid. Had also a mini-mousson last night, never saw so many water coming down at once, but it...

Apr 14th

Watch

Vietnamese know nothing ‘bout music, these guys do: SOUND OF STEREO LIKES IT LOUD (CUBIC4)

Apr 14th

Apr 8th

“Một, hai, ba”

– gelijk in ien, twie, drei

Apr 8th

meeting some people

It’s the middle of the week again.. yes even here i count down to the weekend.. Working for school is the same in Belgium as it is in Viet nam, except for the inet connection, which goes a little slower. Or doesn’t work at all, like today, so had to come to the student home and worked here a little. Yesterday I gave a presentation for Dr Lan and Mrs Ha about my thesis subject and the...

Apr 8th

Watch

just a normal day in trafic on some calmer streets of Hanoi Vietnam (oa Duong Thanh, with the ‘west lake, Ho Tay’ on the left)

Apr 5th

oh yeah, it’s real shitty weather.. (rain wind ..)

Apr 5th

Trappeuh

So got my bike this morning, just on a corner of a street, did some dealing, had a testride and it was sold. I’ll see if i can get a picture of it, it’s not to shabby.. 500000 dong that’s like 20€ for a good secondhand bike, it’s still a tourist price but i’m happy with it :) For reference: a coke (glas bottle) is 5000d here and a normal simple meal about 25000d. So...

Apr 5th

alive

yup still alive.. weather is getting better and little warmer, but still very moist. Going to look for a bike tomorrow.. Monday is a holliday here! yeey first day of vacation ;) sleepy now, it’s late..

Apr 4th

Apr 2nd

Mar 31st

settling in..

Just had my first vietnamese beers and some thai food. A little bit rainy today, but still warmer than my home town.. Saw allready some nice scenery, even in the city. Figuered out how to get hot watter, and i have a vietnamese phone numb. Trafic is mental around here, just drive where you want and honk if you need to (read: all the time) and don’t bump into each other.. When you cross the...

Mar 31st

Vietnam

Here at last! Don’t like taxis..

Mar 31st

Leaving Taipei

Boarding now.. Hopefully I’ll find some interwebz in Hanoi

Mar 30th

Airco is eeevil, makes me sick

Mar 30th

Transit

So I’m waiting at Taipei now for my connecting flight to Hanoi, should be here in half an hour.. After 2 hours I should be in noi bai, then a taxi to the city center! In the mean time I’ll enjoy some more hello kitty and strange noodle-words Happyhappy

Mar 30th