Kellie Zeitner's Blog: June 2009

I can't believe that it's taken me so long to get these pictures posted. My only excuse (and I think it's a pretty good one) is that I've been having computer problems. As you know, my laptop was stolen in Thailand so when I got back, I got a Mac...and while I LOVE it, I'm still figuring out how some things work. I've had some issues with being able to move the pictures to the correct place in the story...so I've had to wait until I can get onto a pc. Hopefully I'll be able to get the rest of the trip up here soon. So here we go...

After all of that water & swimming, Chad ended up getting an ear infection. So while we were still in Laos, we went and got him some antibiotics. On our last night in Vientiene, Chad found a "restaurant" on the river...we ate some "ok" food...and the next day I got sick (I'm pretty sure it was from the restaurant we ate at the night before & Chad didn't get sick because he was taking the antibiotics). Which sucked because we were on an airplane to Vietnam. I didn't eat any lunch, but we did go out to dinner in Hanoi. The next day, I woke up, took a shower, then went back to bed. I had no energy whatsoever. At noon, I told Chad to go out without me as I was not going to make it out of the hotel. We were in Hanoi for two full days & I did not make it out of the hotel for the rest of our stay. So here are Chad's photos of Hanoi.

We flew to Hue on our 3rd morning in Vietnam. I decided to go to the hospital as I hadn't been able to eat anything for three days. And let me tell you...the hospital was horrible. I went by myself (didn't want to make Chad wait for me) and I was impressed when I first walked in. It looked really nice, but no one was there - for some reason they weren't using that area of the hospital. I followed the noise to an outdoor courtyard & saw that each corner on each floor had a different "department." After waiting for an hour in gastrointerology, I was finally directed to the emergency room because that is where the only English speaking doctor was. He told me to lay down on a gurney...and I almost left...I don't think they had changed the sheets all day. He ended up giving me some antibiotics (and a bunch of other stuff) and sent me on my way.

The next day, we headed down to Hoi An...and I just have to say that the beaches were AMAZING! The waves were pretty big, but you pretty much had the entire beach to yourself!

We stopped at Nha Trang for some more beaches & again they were great & there were hardly any people there. (I loved it even though I got sunburned pretty badly)!