Day 4

day 4

swim
workout
internet
vietnamese visa
plane ticket
ho chi minh city. We're here in a hostel and it's late

After my 13 hours of sleep I woke up and jumped in the pool- in the Speedo/TYR brief of course. It was about a 35 meter straight shot but it was narrow and the edges of the pool were curved. Plus, there were three other people swimming laps in the pool. I jumped in and swam at a liesurely pace, but seeing as how the others were very recreational swimmers I weaved my way around them at twice their speed. At one point one of them stopped me and said in broken English, “you're a good swimmer. I am mjust trying to stay behing you.” I just laughed and told him I did this sort of think a lot, and I mean a lot. Although a lot less as of late.

After the pool wake up, me and Ryan had to find a way to get to Vietnam since the Bangkok route had been shut down due to protests in the airport. The airport was completely shut down and so we bought tickets to Ho Chi Minh City and found a way to get a visa for the same day departure. We had to go to the Vietnamese Consul and pay $40 USD but it was worth it.

We hopped on our plane and are now in Ho Chi Minh city, also known as Saigon. We'll fill you in later on how the day goes.

It's been an epic trip so far.