Flew to Ho Chi Minh City today. Got to the airport in Bangkok in plenty of time. I’m wearing my trekking boots because they’re too big and heavy to put in the back pack. Walking around the terminal something feels weird and I discover the rubber soul to one of my boots is separating. Bugger. There are mini marts here but what are the chances of them having a decent glue. I find something but surely not enough to stick the sole back into a hiking boot? I pop the top off, pierce the metal seal with an included pin and squirt. It went everywhere, some in the intended place but most on fingers and my jeans. What the… I can’t separate my fingers! I have to pry them apart…painfully. Standing up, the glue spot on my jeans rips the hairs off my leg…painfully! And the sole is rock-solid stuck to my boot.
I fly Viet-Jet and arrive in HCMC around 1:30pm after 1.5 hours flying. I get to the Linh Dan Hotel eventually. It’s not on the taxis radar! Then a walk around. I get excited by HCMC for some reason. There is a real buzz about the place, something I don’t get in other asian cities like Bangkok or Jakarta. It’s chaos here in the streets but it works. I rarely if ever see an accident. Entertainment for me is just watching the traffic over a beer or two. You can here. The bars and restaurants are right on the streets edge.
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