Well my trip is coming to an end. just got to saigon. i have a little over 24 hours to experience this city; i fly back to korea tomorrow night. Saigon seems pretty fucking awesome thus far. Just left my shit in my hotel and of course first thing I do is seek out the internet. I've never been on a trip like this really before solo; I've done the whole thing okay solo or bumming around with people I meet, but now i'm in some kind of awkward limbo.
Basically I just kinda want it to be over with. It practically is, but right now my motivation to do practically anything is just at empty. I was pretty sick with who knows what the last few days, so i've just been lazing around, and now that i'm in an awesome, actual real city (first time i've seen a convenience store or hot Western chicks in 2 weeks), I don't know what to do with myself. I'll probably go see the
Cu Chi Tunnels tomorrow, but I don't know what I'll do the rest of the time.
Wander around? Buy souvenirs? Go to the airport hours early (flight doesn't leave till around midnight) and sit around and read till I board?
I don't even know what i'm going to do tonight. It's only like 9 and as much as I'd like to go out and just get shithoused as it's my last proper night in Vietnam, i'm by myself so i'm already a pseudo weirdo, not to mention this is one of the pickpocket centrals of Asia. Don't want to get too drunk and robbed. Tons of hotties walking around though.
In sum, the trip was pretty awesome, but it wasn't and I never expected it to be some life changing "find myself" kind of trip. If anything I see it as part of the continuous world travel i'll probably be indulging in for the rest of my life. When you're on trips like this, moving all the time, in buses, trains, planes, and boats, talking to locals, saying "no no, i don't want a motorbike ride/a hotel/marijuana/ANYTHING I DON'T WANT FUCKING ANYTHING FROM YOU LEAVE ME ALONE" literally every moment you're walking around, you don't get a lot of time for reflection. I'm sure any reflection on what i've seen and done here will come after the fact, looking through pictures and through random memories.
All in all, the trip was too short. I only did two countries, 4 weeks in Thailand and 2 in Vietnam, Vietnam being significantly harder to deal with of the two, but saw some amazingly beautiful things that still haven't really set in yet. I imagine it won't until I get back to Korea, but I miss my friends and the semblance of a "life" that I have there. I'm looking forward to getting back and having a "home base".
I don't know what i'll get into tonight or tomorrow, but for all intents and purposes, this trip is done. It was sweet and i'll upload photos when I get settled in Korea.
Traveling by yourself can be pretty awesome, because you get to do whatever the fuck you want whenever you want, but it's also pretty sweet to travel with a friend, preferably a best one. I did that with Australia and it made the bitterness that can come with traveling a lot easier to deal with. You can bounce ideas, prices, motivate each other, split rooms for cheaper rates and overall have more moral support. I'm not on the verge of a breakdown or anything, but it's going to be real nice to see some friends again.
/emo