June 1 – June 7
Jun 1: Slept ok. Rise 930. Work on workout generator, chat w black uk guy clinton does muaythai traveling 1mo was in china. 1130 walk back to comga spot recover earpick+nailclips on table. Eat at local mkt pork rice 50k used to be 30k covered w stickers. Hostel cant get much work done, back neck bridges on bunk 3x18, front neck bridge on bunk 3x27. Back neck hold full ext 20sec tough af. Front neck hold 1x30s easier. Try to do push wo on terace, clinton join w a joint.. handstand, 1arm pu, elevated diamond pu, work some boxing, lite thai kix, try wrestling too hard right away. Arm wrestle clinton lost both sides some humility.. maybe was fatigue from push wo. Stretches on bench and railing. Shwr rest. Try to grab food too hot and sunny outside. Skip lun. 6p right before sunset, cane juice, pray at catholic church. Mango smoothie 25k slow agitated. Try to order food same local spot impatient. Get pork noodles in local mkt 50k, feel timing way off. Hostel pack up relax bit more, wait downstairs do some splits.. ok hostel nice terace poor dorm and common space and strange loud noises. Walk w motorvina guy to central backpackers, wait in big hostel. Queen bus arrive 830. Have to pee bad couple times on bus. Slept ok after.
Jun 2: Arrive in hanoi 515am, d van dhai1, quieter than saigon. Walk to lake north backpacker area, hostels 180-300k buffalo 180k chill in lobby book heritage corner hostel 91k booking cheaper on agoda.. chill at ecostay hostel beside buffalo. Walk to heritage corner hostel, pay for early checkin at 8am 124k on card, 20k towel rental. Shwr crash hard. Rise 12p. Walk nw mango smoothie 35k, get 2 banmi 2 x 25k, first one slow ng, 2nd chopping on plastic board shit.. walk around more hot af 2 hostels semi decent, urban slumber cheap no water, global backpackers seems decent. Hostel drilling inside dorm. Ask to switch beds. Enquire about bus to ha giang emails saying $9 - ofcourse was bs. Work bit on terace hot af, added more exercises to workout-generator. 345 grab exp smoothie 45k terminal doesnt work, low vib ppl.. walk to daiichi bus stop buy tik to ha giang 250k - 257k on card tmr at 4pm. Walk around for food way more expensive than hue or dalat.. more scammy and hustle poor first impression of hanoi. Walk thru backpacker area, find cheap cane juice 10k and donair sandwich 30k. Hostel shwr rest, switch back to old bed without asking.. not sleepy. Work in dorm use ladder steps as makeshift table for laptop. 830 head out for food, walk to barries phos spot chopping on plastic.. walk back to north of lake chaotic expensive places dont look good and hot af, no ac no eng no mandarin hanoi sux ballz, foul mood.. get kfc burger combo 75k wait 20min said no burger got breast combo. Workon on workoutgen got local persistent storage added to background n menu.
Jun 3: Feel bit ill, dorm quiet. Force sleep. Wake 8, rise 9. Moderate headache maybe plastic banmi. Finish 3k xfer simplii to quest, qtrade owes 10k to itrade. Small shit for 2 days. Workoutgen got gender and weight adjust working. Dress shirt guy drilling while ppl sleeping. 10a walk south to song nhat park. Less sunny and hot. Grab comga next to park 45k ok for hanoi. Clean up in hostel diarrhea in shower. Checkout heritage corner at 1155, stupid dress shirt guy still drilling. Mcdonalds wifi not working. Trang tien mall hoji tea use wifi order jasmine ice tea 55k. Got workout gen logic working for gender and weigth. 240 walk along lake back grab pork noodles on corner 50k. Arrive horizon bus stop 310 wait til 4pm another sleeper bus left 430. 6p stop around truyen quang 60k beef tofu rice. Bus almost empty only me and 3 dutch girls.. stop again around vinh tuy get smoothie 40k. Arrive hagiang daiichi office 11pm heavy rain, free shuttle all the way to hostel solid service.. way better than queen cafe. Mapi hostel not clearly marked, get help from restaurant next door. Old guy opened door zero eng, show me dorm only me over 10 beds, tour guide girl showed up to translate said pay tmr. Solid spot made good choice...
Jun 4: Sleep ok quiet private dorm. Wake 9 rise 10. Forgot bfast included. Walk out to get cafe, find laudry closeby. Winmart doesnt take card. Try local rice rolls 35k no flavor didnt finish. Drop laund drizzle. Pay tourguide girl 144k cash, ask for coffee bfast inc. Rain hard outside, move table to dorm avoid cig smoke. Keep workin on workoutgen tweak controls/radio buttons, workouts, metadata. 230 need food bfast had no protein.. rain hard wear gap jacket first time this trip. Walk thru day mkt no food, mango smoothie sai 30k farang'd for 5k blatant scam annoying. Try bbqpizza burger 35k meh.. try another bami place 20k saw chopping on plastic pay 20k and left... pickup laund 50k kid reused same bag 'yes yes hehe' fukin morons.. cig smoke in lobby. Agitations (4things) keeps building vent on gpt. Go out again still hungry, drizzle. Street food can juice and banmi 25k both, better.. shwr rest not sleepy. Keep tweaking workout tool, 2 smelly brits and 2 frenchies checked in.. walk to bridge nm food, try local spot order pork got beef 65k.. view nhis safari hostel decent but shit lockers.. add ghost level to workoutgen.
Jun 5: Dorm quiet w 4 other guys, lite insomnia. Rise 920. Find cheapeat way home bkk-yvr 317, eur -yyz 63eur. Add clear buttons to workout gen. Buy mandarins across st 2x15k. Try to get bfast and pay 1n but girl gone only chainsmoking guys. Complain on booking. Get egg banmi, girl arrive pay 72k 1n more. shit ok.. keep workin bit more, sleepy. Nap. 230 15k large mango across st. Eat in hostel. Walk up tran phu try soup place on bbq pizza corner 40k ng.. get pork banmi at stand 20k no hygiene at all.. find bus to sapa at 100 tran phu, good eng girl 300k 9a/6p. Eat banmi outside hostel. Work more in dorm, got reset buttons working.. talk to vito itlalian guy hiched from sapa 6x.. traveling w french guys riding bicycle thru hagiang. Inquire about bikes tour girl said only 30k pd! Workoutgen finally shaping up.. start Best countries se asia post. Shwr rest. Book 2n more.. 8p next door family restaurant that helped me get in on arrival 40k chk instant noodles kinda small. Walk east small lays only 6k. Keep workin on seasia post.
Jun 6: Sleep better n quicker. wake 10 rise 1040. All euro guys checked out. Pay tour girl 144k 2n more, get iced cafe no banmi. Mango across st 18k. Walk east nothin, find banmi spot on way back get 2 eggs 15k each. Eat one in dorm. Work on se asia post .. shwr nap, lazy day still bit under weather. 645 eat next door chk noodles again 40k. 9p walk to bridge try local comga tray w rice and chk tofu eggs beef 50k ok deal. Walk along river bund all the way to other bridge, walk across more lively. Keep workin on sea post got thumbnail lightbox working. Add background to blog posts. Sleep late 2am ng.
Jun 7: Private dorm, sleepin til 1130 ng.. no cafe or sandwich, make instacafe til 1pm. Grab fruit across st 30k, eat mango. Walk next door egg banmis 30k, whole bunch of bananas only 15k nice.. keep workin adjust page lnks and destination backgrounds, still feel ng, shwr rest not sleepy. 430 walk to center try local congee spot 20k no chk, get baozhi for 20k beside phoenix, buy nicer toothbrushes w 2 replacement heads 55k. Chill in dorm add clipboard and csv export to workoutgen, fix logic for ghost hypertrophy and endur settings. Walk north twd money xc, try agribank 2nd worked 3m vnd cost 168cad. Walk along river back to tray comga spot yday self serve 60k.. cane juice outside got faranged again for 5k.. no shame.. count money in phoenix prob lost 100k on persistent microscams.. finishup workoutgen fix bug to randomize, launch workout gen and sea post. Smelly brits back for 1 night.