Jun 8
Sleep ok thunderstorm. Rise 1030 headache worse.. brits gone. Chill make cafe, diarrhea. Eat bananas and pear, try to pay 1n tour guide twin sister kinda rude. Pay tour girl 75k til tmr. Try mtb for hagiang, try 2 bikes 1 ok but no lock. Grab reg egg banmi 15k, feel ng.. 130 shwr nap. Headache and bodyache persist. Sleep rest of day. Private dorm luckily.
Jun 9
Rise 1030 21hrs in bed sleep 45-90min intermittent. Chill 1hr go back to bed. Sleep til 1230. Try to pay nobody downstairs and doors locked.. make expressos. Book 2n more 138k price decrease. Pay skinny guy. Buy mangos across st 2x25k. Work on site feel better. 330 get coconut 30k. Try chk place in phoenix center get pasta 39k, self serve rice w side dishes, order popcorn chk. Italian guy back from bike trip only too 4 days 3n. Lite work on site update atitlan still waiting for photos from alex the champ. Shwr rest. Try to read shantaram so dull. 830 eat next door chk pho 45k. Work on combatives fitness page, brainstorm short gif vids for fitness section.
Jun 10
Sleep ok quiet as usual. Rise 930 feel almost back to normal luckily. Get 2 expressos downstairs solid. Confused about expense xls, figured added leftover cash twice. Eat banana n mango. Hike up to nui cam peak/ chua ho quoc temple test conditioning, still not 100% but better.. grab phoenix chicken 70k 4 wings self serv rice n side dishes solid. Work bit on site not productive. Shwr rest. Read narnia kids book. Work more on site, update fitness pages text color and back links. 740 eat phoenix again. Chat bit w swiss guy has idp bought bike in saigon 1400usd, german guy said use 50cc dont need idp. Move table dorm getting full. Chat w spanish girl alba n bf travelled asia 8mo favorite country is china. Lite polishing of fitness pages text color.
Jun 11
Insomnia maybe from 2 expressos. Rise 1030, try to make expresso downstairs, smoker skinny guy said 'no no' kinda aggressive, make instacafe in room. Organize stuff for bike trip - only take some clothes sandals charger tolietries, lock up rest w oakly. Checkout mapi 1150 try to rent mtb skinny dipshit guy giving trouble again said no bike when theres bikes in lobby. rent white mtb 1 day pay 50k. Eat shitty bfast banmi from dipshit. Start biking north around 1230. Stop a nice temple. Stop for cane juice 10k. Coconut 30k quads cramping hard. Grab chk pho in some shit town 30k filling. Keep riding hit wall bonk at slope, push awhile consider turning back. So many big trucks, chain skipping. Reach past mountain viewpoint quan ba border 9k from tam son, decide to turn back, too many trucks no guarantee of homestay in tam son, quads cramping hard everytime legs straight. Ez hill back to small town, grab duck w rice n greens 70k big. Bike back another 20k shallow down grade and flat. Reach mapi 820pm ez checkin book 69.3k pay tmr. Org stuff shwr hard and rest not sleepy but tired. Add dowload buttons on tools homepage. Add social media share button on tools pages.
Jun 12
Cant sleep abit rise 1020 dorm empty. Drop laund inc zomake same spot tell kid need new plastic bag unlike last time. Visit 100 bus office, said pickup at hostel 530 and pay 300k on bus. Hostel owner said cant pay for half day.. msg on booking get them to agree, poor service place. Book central sernity in sapa only 57k on agoda.. phoenix center chk nuggets w rice side dishes 50k. Got sapa central serenity gate code. Hostel dorm quiet, add donate button to tool homepage. Rest in bed til 250 not sleepy but tired. Almost got locked in again 1 door open. Grab laund kid had clothes stacked on floor pay 45k. Hot af outside. 330 phoenix chk again 80k 4wings w 5spice sauce. Pay skinny dipshit chainsmoker 105k.. trash service atleast dorm mostly empty. Shwr rest bit. Pack up at 5pm. Big bus arrive for pickup at 520. No bye to shit staff.. bus drive around pickup at hostels, pay 300k on bus. Stop at around 740 grab din baozhi 25k and beef insta noodles 45k. Nap bit before stopping again lao cai near china border, pork jerky 20k, chestnut pastries 3x30k. Arrive sapa 12am. Ez walk to central serenity homestay, self checkin smooth. Terace owner said closed - 'go back to room', no drinkin water..
Jun 13
Dorm busy bit cramped but comfy. Sleep ok rise 1030. Walk to pond nicer than ha giang. Grab instafe cafe and 2 waters for 50k.. chill on terace w instacafe - pay bills, post reviews, gpt. 1230 grab chk pho 40k ng. Walk around look for better hostel.. find 1 nha's total shit. Funicular mall, tourist prices 800k for 1way. Green sapa homestay dorm total shit but decent private for 250k construction outside unfort, get egg banmi there 25k. Saigonese trekking house free water and rustic not busy but strange lockers, prob best option yet. Lustig hostel real nice but shitty small locker drawer w no clasp.. walk back to hostel. Charge up at reception luckily douche owner not around. Book saigonese trekking 2n 151k. Work on site - make tool dl buttons smaller, launch fitness combatives page w bogota anecdote. 430 walk around center pond. Visit big buddhist temple truc lam monastery. Eat beside main mkt comga 50k chk green beans tofu. Find bus to hanoi, walk around main mkt better than hagiang. Hostel do more research, book hostel in hanoi for jun19. 8p walk back to sun plaza area, try local pho spot 50k order noodles got rice noodles. Walk back to main mkt decent night mkt scene.. dumb canadian ho taking seat. Regen sitemap.xml, upload to google console for indexing.
Jun 14
Sleep ok, canadian woman snoring abit. Rise 930. Make instacafe in room, try to be prod but girl making beds with dust flying. Checkout serenity 1050 ok for price 3cad cheapest so far in whole trip. Walk west to globe monument all tourist food spots. Head to green homestay for banmi and to chill. Order egg banmi 25k. Chat w ishmail from US/israel traveling in china via folding bike n hitchhiking. Try to setup auto xml update. Order sapa bfast 99k eggs little bacon ng ripoff. 235 checkin saigonese trekkin ez takeout sweater and jacket to fit bag in locker. Try to setup auto xml update, make json and toml files. Hike thru rice paddies, disappointing valley shitty trail. End up at heaven sapa cat rd, try corner place w view smoothie and banmi 80k. Walk back thru tourist area rd narrow, get another banmi 30k place kinda dirty, not feeling sapa.. clean shoes bit, shwr rest. 8p walk to tourist area, get nicer spot viet home restaurant 150k beef stir fry w rice. Walk to market area get waters, find bus to hanoi said 250k in person more than 12go 233k online. Walk around night mkt small boring, snack on free jerky samples. Hostel taller guy said restaurant closed sit outside not lights. Sit outside gpt suggest chiang dao. Move in dorm. Cant turn off lights outside. Dogs barking downstairs. Low quality place.
Jun 15
Sleep ok smallest bed yet. Rise 930 construction outside downstairs by washroom. Chill w cafe in dorm makeshift table w shelf. 1130 rain stop. Pray at cathedral by sun center. Attempt hike up hamrong mountain tik wants 70k. Pullup by pond 20 reps. Walk to mkt, try new pho spot 50k avg. Mkt sesame balls 2x10k. Walk back drizzle, location not as good as central serenity. Work on email form, js link to email octopus. 315 rain stop walk out for food run into ishmail from yday at green. Walk to mkt together, says dry dates are the best nomad food. Eat at comga tray spot 2nd time 50k w free water refill. Follow ishmail to get free coconut pulp, chat outside bank says he has charles schwab. Walk around mkt get lychees 10k, watch ishmail pick fruit from disposal. Walk back most of way in dizzle interesting guy. Chill in outdoor space eat beef jerky. 8p walk to center try sapa big tree burger 135k ng place empty shoulda known.. drizzle again 3rd time today. Hostel rain hard place so shit roof leaking, walk thru rain to get to washroom, caged dogs barking in construction, gate open at night zero secuity. Start fitness recovery page.