Coming to Vietnam proved something. I'm less adventurous than before. Perhaps I'm a little bit exhausted both mentally and physically. Been working non-stop since early Feb.
Ho Chi Minh city is a vibrant, night is forever young kind of city. It offers everything that you can ask for, fun, exciting, historical, beautiful architecture, pretty ladies, chaotic traffic, tonnes of motorbike, night life etc
However, one thing that's proved my point here is communication problem. Not many Vietnamese speak English. Not even taxi driver. I just wonder, shouldn't the government put more effort in improving English level of the country? I'm kind of lazy nowadays to try to understand what other say and try to get them understand what I want to say. No like when I travelled to Italy in 1998, when I could 'understand' the Italian (from body language) and I could make the Italian understand my English. That was amazing. Thinking back, I didn't really know how I made it.
Fast forward 13 years later, at this moment, I have lost most of the 'spark' for adventure. I wished everybody can speak the same language, that we don't need to guess what others are trying to say. I only hope we can sip coffee at a cafe by the beach enjoy the sea breeze, sun shine and sound of gentle wave. I need more of that nowadays.
