The Pursuit of Adventure

Heaven

It smells like heaven in here. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, allowing the soft perfume to wash over me. I step over the threshold and I’m in Macys, Myers or David Jones. This Vietnamese department store has every perfume on hand. For $100 I could smell like J.Lo. The bright lights [...]

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The twilight zone or DJ play my song!

I have stepped into the twilight zone The music is thumping, the dance floor is packed… fly boys and girls gyrate skilfully to the hip hop beats from the imported DJ’s in the corner. My mouth hits the floor. Two minutes ago I was sharing a motorbike with 2 of my friends, dodging the holes [...]

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Going to Ciputra

Boring day.. studying, preparing for CELTA Going to meet the touch team at JAFA bar at Ciputra, supposedly a 15 min drive away I decide to take my motorbike and check the map. It looks easy and the directions get sent by text message. At the end of my street I turn left, onto the [...]

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Down by Bia Hoi Corner…

There are days when I wake up and I hate Vietnam. There are days when I love it so much I never want to leave. Today is somewhere in between.. So far At 10pm last night I was with the crew of expat blokes I have been hanging out with lately, I won’t mention their [...]

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Enough with the rain, already!

Waking up this morning, I couldn’t hear the rain. I put my hand on the door handle and it starts. Hunger is a powerful thing, and I thought I would be okay outside. I stumble out the front door of the hotel; the rain is coming down consistently, not heavy.. Just enough to get soaked [...]

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Leaving on a jet plane

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