I seem to have two modes. 5 star luxury or camping. I’m just not a middle of the road kinda gal. I don’t mind roughing it. In fact I love it! But the trade off for ants in my bed is a tranquil natural setting, preferably where I awake to the sound of a waterfall. Not the incessant beeping of horns that is Asia. It’s actually quieter here than India, to be fair. And so much cleaner. And you rarely see men peeing against walls or along the side of the road (I did once yesterday on the highway.) But if I’m staying in a hotel I really do need something more luxurious. My bed was as hard as any Indian bed (luckily when I do sleep I can sleep anywhere on anything). The room was clean (no cockroaches thank god) but I did awake to an infestation of ants in both my bed and my computer (I spent an hour trying to exorsise them from my laptop....turns out they’re really not a fan of iTunes.)
Dinner last night looked completely unappetizing so I settled for a plate of noodles (tasted deliciously like the cheap Ramen we all used to eat at university) and vegetables. Breakfast this morning was a real treat! They did scramble me an egg and I had some bok choy which was done to perfection (just crispy enough), although cold when I ate it. Did they have it on ice? This is the tropics! Nothing is cold! The rest of the meal consisted of a surprisingly good crepe (with the most gelatinous substance known to man that tried to pass as strawberry jam) and coffee that more resembled mud. When I asked for milk they brought me a can and poured something into my cup that resembled white Karo Syrup. I declined any more quickly. Enough sugar though and I managed to get it down.
Today is a 4 hour car ride to My Son Ruins and then hopefully an upgrade to a 4 star beach resort on China Beach.
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