Flight to Vietnam

The first flight to Hong Kong was 15 hours but since we were flying west, we kept up with the sun, and the entire flight was in daylight. Thankfully, the flight attendants had everyone close their blind to make it seem like night, so I got some sleep. The flight didn't take the route I expected, instead of flying straight over the Pacific, we flew up through Canada and crossed over to Russia from Alaska and then down through China. Flying into Hong Kong was amazing, I didn't know the terrain was so mountainous. The fog and clouds rolling over the mountains and the city in the valley was very picturesque.

The last flight from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City was not as bad as I expected. Usually the last few hours of a really long trip seem like they take forever, but the plane was not so crowded and really quiet so the time went by quickly. Then getting through customs was very easy in the airport. Right as you walked out of the airport the heat and humidity hit you immediately. According to Dr. Berman, it was a cool night. Vietnamese were walking around in pants and some had long sleaves on and it was 88 degrees! There was so much to look at during the drive to the hotel, I didn't know which direction to look. The people on their motorbikes, the brightly lit stores and bars, the whole scenery took over every sense. I am looking forward to tomorrow to see everything in the light and walk around and get to know everything.