Kim dropped us off at a roundabout just outside of Deva, Romania. We assured her we were fine as we adjusted our bags. She still gave us a bottle of water and then wished us luck. I put on my new boots and we walked...
Auto-stopI was picked up quickly by a man who lived on the Slovakian/Hungarian border. He tried very hard to communicate, and wanted very badly for me to visit his village and stay for a day. I started to feel uncomfortable, but I stayed polite and...
TrampingNico dropped me off on a main road in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. It wasn’t five minutes before someone picked me up and dropped me off in the next town. I traveled like that, alternating between walking and short rides until I got to...
The JourneyI had a miserably long bus ride from Berlin to Besançon, France. The first bus came over an hour late. The second bus was even later, and I was worried about making my connection in Strasbourg, but the drivers spoke only Czech and had...
The Long Way DownI spent the night at the Lisbon airport to catch an early morning flight to Paris Beauvais. Unfortunately, I had purchased this flight before I knew that Paris Beauvais was not actually in Paris. I discovered that there was only one option...
MadridI arrived in Madrid in the morning and spent much too long trying to figure out the metro system. When I finally made it downtown I contacted my Couchsurfing host, Raquel, and met at her flat. I quickly showered and settled in, then we went...
Hitchhiking in SwitzerlandI arrived in Zurich airport at 6:30 in the evening, exhausted beyond belief. I had stayed overnight at the Ho Chi Minh airport because my flight was leaving at 5am. I didn’t want to pay for a night at a hostel as well...
We took a break at a world heritage site that crossed our path: Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (40,000d). It is four stone gates and most of a wall around a square area that is now farmed by locals. There isn’t much to see, but...
I had heard so many good things about Hoi An and I was really looking forward to spending a few days here. Unfortunately, it seems every place someone tells me I'm going to love I feel quite the opposite about. *eye roll* Go figure. Hoi AnWe...
Ho Chi MinhIt was a short flight from Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh City. I arrived early afternoon, and once through immigration I immediately took out some money and got a new SIM card - only 199,000 Vietnamese dong (d) for 2 gigs per...