Day 26: Saigon. Shit. I'm still only in Saigon

I've been waiting years to do that title. Nothing has even really happened in Saigon. It seems like a pretty nice, modern city. I went to the Reunification Palace, and the war museum (hello, deformed children photos). I went to a restaurant that served food from Singapore, like beef. Beef only comes from Singapore. I've been offered drugs and motorbikes a lot.

Anyway. One travels to discover oneself, and in amongst all the 21 hour train journeys where I explore the inner recesses of my mind, trying to discover what kind of person I am and whether I'm happy with that, I've wondered what would happen if I tried to grow a beard. Doing it in college seemed pointless, seeing as Conor and Enda were present. But it's been about two weeks since I shaved in Shanghai, and I'm wondering if I should leave it straight through to Christmas just to see what happens. It's kind of annoying to have, but when will I get this chance again?



So tomorrow I'm going to tour the Cu Chi tunnels, and Thursday I'm taking a two day boat up the Mekong into Cambodia. You could argue that I'm doing this because of Apocalypse Now, and you'd probably be right. Right now I'm going to see what Lars Von Trier has been up to, there's another post below this that I just published too, check it out.