Things I learned in Vietnam

January 9th, 2012

how to sleep on a bench = valuable life skill

  • Pack ear plugs anytime you go anywhere because people are awful.
  • You should always take spare headphones in case you sit on somebody else’s on the plane and break them with your strength/arse.
  • When ordering food on your holiday, think about the country and the landscape and the stuff on it. If you haven’t seen a cow for a while, skip the beef.
  • The kinds of people you want to avoid when you travel are: children, people who have children, and anyone who has written a self-help book.
  • Even if you are traveling with your favourite person on earth, they are bound to annoy the shit out of you at some point. The best way to deal with this is to sweep all your belongings off your banana lounge and dump everything onto the ground, say “You want this chair? Take the fucking chair,” and then lock yourself in the hotel room and eat a whole tube of sour cream and chives Pringles.
  • Overnight train is the worst form of travel after Holocaust box car.
  • If someone’s body language doesn’t quite make sense, it’s probably because they are cutting open your handbag with a stanley knife and trying to steal your wallet.
  • Staying at a fancy resort turns you into a jerk fairly quickly and you will soon find yourself asking a waiter where the fuck is my mojito?
  • Boys don’t really appreciate spa treatments and are likely to describe an amazing and luxurious experience as “being hit with bags of seeds” or “someone wiping their hands on my face, like a lot, and those satin pyjama pants made my balls really sweaty.”
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3 Responses to “Things I learned in Vietnam”

Hahahahah oh man these crack me up. People, especially kids, really ARE awful.

Comment by Mayor Gia on January 9th, 2012

I learned the hard way to always travel alone. My daughter understands this as well. I have given her the choice to bring one of her friends on vacation with us several times and she always says, “No, she would drive me crazy after two days.”

She likes how we travel and do things and knows that other people would just screw it up.

Comment by Brett Minor on January 9th, 2012

HA!! Brilliant.

Comment by Jamie on January 15th, 2012

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