Trip Statistics Part 1

Most overused sentences:

"I never thought we'd actually make it."
"What did he/she say?" followed by "I have no idea"
"You want motorbike?" spoken by about 50 men (an underestimation) per day on the streets of each town we've been in

65% - the average amount of a sentence I can understand when conversing in English with a Vietnamese local

99.9% - the percentage of absolutely adorable children we've seen on the trip (I am taking out 0.1% due to the young boy who threw a coconut at Geri)

5 - pairs of shorts I bought in Hoi An (an astonishing amount considering I don't like shorts)

Too Many - the number of times we've seen the same backpackers throughout our journey from the north to the south of Vietnam

Roughly 25 - the number of mosquito bites I have, with about 90% on my feet *Make that 26, I just got a new one literally while I was writing. The irony!

3 - how many portions of white rice I eat on average per day

$2.50 - the amount I am paying for my hostel tonight. How will I ever adjust back home?

4 - the number of rounds of rice wine our host family made us drink in the Mekong Delta

1 gajillion - the number of geckos in vietnam and cambodia (again an underestimation) that live on the walls

1 - the number of geckos who landed on our table in Hoi An causing an uproar of thrown chairs and leaping people. And when I say "people", I mean me and Inga.

About 10 - the number of times I fell on our trek in Dalat. You know in dumb comedies when someone is walking along a log to cross a river and they slip and land straddling the log? Well envision me doing just that. To a T. Luckily I am a girl and only escaped with a few bruises. Moral of the story? Buy shoes with treading.

20-ish - the amount of times on that hike when our guide ominously told us to stop and check for leeches. Worrisome? I think so.

More to come after Cambodia.

We got in last night after a long hot boat ride through the Mekong Delta. One would think that riding on a boat would produce a nice breeze, no? Well no exactly. We must have been traveling WITH the breeze alongside our boat, so basically it was a 4 hour sauna. I have sparkling skin!

Cambodia is quite fascinating. Lots of naked babies in the country (I'm just jealous because I'm so hot) and business in the city. I have not done too much yet due to the heat and will probably wait till later to explore. Check back soon!