I think this will be a pretty decent way to start an everyday blog. Two years ago, on this date January 11, 2019, I started my Southeast Asia travels by arriving in Saigon, Vietnam. Luckily, Charlie was already there and offered to house me for my time there. It’s hard to think back about a time so long ago. Good thing we have digital cameras and I’m one of those guys who just takes pictures of anything and everything. I should learn how to put photos on here, but I’ll figure that out later.

The first thing I remember learning in Vietnam was that a.) it was hot and humid and my California body did not like it and b.) there are motorbikes everywhere. It’s the main method of transportation, and it made sense. The city is so congested, you wouldn’t be able to move around easily with a car. In fact, there are uber-like services with motorbikes instead of cars! Gets you to your destination much quicker. I thought that I’d never complain about traffic ever again. And then I moved to LA and realized that traffic just sucks everywhere.

Charlie took me to lunch as soon as I arrived. I thought we ate a lot. Somehow the bill came out to a ridiculous amount of 7 USD. How is food so cheap here, I asked myself. And then promptly forgot to do any research to answer my own question even though I had a computer in my hand. (Mental note: answer your own questions, dummy.) After lunch, I got to meet Charlie’s CoderSchool team and rest a bit in their office. Nice, talented team, who I’d get to know better in the coming days. Who I did get to meet and hang out with right away was Charlie’s dog, Chuon. I forget what his name means, but he was a tiny, cute, annoying dog. We got along pretty well. I don’t have a great picture of him from this day, so here’s a not so great picture of Charlie.

Now, I should be honest and say that I’m not going to try to make every part of my trip sound interesting. There are many times when an event is uneventful. Like this afternoon of walking to the Saigon River. It gave a chance for Charlie and I to chat, and for Chuon to get a nice walk. I have some pictures of the river and billboards of Heineken. Why? I have no idea.

Anyways, the rest of the day was not filled with anything more than just catching up with Charlie. Oh and I got a haircut.