Another First

I have lice! Sweet. Anybody have a good home remedy? I have no conditioner, no fine toothed comb, no olive oil, tweezers, or the ability to buy any of those things, so please be creative. I do have a bottle of Label 5 scotch.


On the plus side, we are interviewing farms on Saturday, which means I'll be on my own one day sooner. While I love my homestay, I also enjoy deciding things for myself. The facewashing, forcefeeding and 9:00 bedtimes have been great, but I'm 21.

Hospitality is exhausting.

The real reason you read this blog:

Go to bed at 9, wake up at 5, see this... Ok

Lunch with Uncle Bay and his wife, who is ruining any plans I had for losing weight this summer

This is where your cocktail shrimp comes from. Dispel any notions of hand nets or early morning boat rides.

What's for dinner? The ground up byproduct of an inefficient marine fisheries operation, you say? Ngon!

Da Lat, Mui Ne (?), Sai Gon, Hue and Hoi An to come...