After 24 hours of travel and less than a full day in our first Asian destination, we decided to venture up to the middle of Vietnam, with plans to work our way back down to Saigon. What I imagined would be reminiscent of the the Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk was maybe the biggest plane I've ever seen. And the funniest part is that there were like 50 people on it. It would probably cost us double the cost of our airfare to offset that carbon footprint...
After a short and pleasant ride (mostly b/c I was sound asleep before we even took off - jetlag's setting in hard core), we arrived in the Danang airport, which is about 30 minutes from Hoi An, the tailor-laden hotspot to which we were headed. "Look Robby, there's our guy," I said as I pointed to a young smiling vietnamese guy with a big sign that read "Jall Forsky" - what a photo op. We arrived at our hotel without a hitch and powered through after a long day of traveling to meet good friends for dinner.
Yup - I had to travel halfway around the world to see my dear friend Katie and her BF Mike. We had the most exquisite dinner served up by a vietnamese guy who was adopted by a Mexican American family, grew up in Texas, and then moved to Hoi An to fulfill his dream to open a restaurant as unique and warm as he is. The meal was one of the best I've ever had (bold statement, fellow foodies, I know but who new tempura anchovies could taste so good!) The meal was made even better by the good friends we shared it with:)
jg
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