It's raining... Again

Howdy,
It's Thursday afternoon here in Da Nang.

This post is gonna be pretty boring. The last few days have been pretty boring.

On Tuesday I didn't do alot. I walked around Hoi An some more. It's a pretty small town and I had sen most of the stuff there.

In the afternoon, I boarded a bus for Da Nang. An hour later I arrived in Da Nang. I walked to a hotel where I found a room for $7/night, the cheapest they had available. There's no hot water for the shower in my room. The showers for the shared bathrooms (for the $5/night rooms, none of which were available) have hot water though. I use those.

I'm near the riverfront of Da Nang. I wandered around the area, saw the riverfront and such. I had Banh Mi with spicy pork belly for dinner. Later in the evening I statred feeling sick. It was some kind of stomach bug, like a mild case of food poisoning. I won't go into details but you can probably guess my symptoms.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the weather was beautiful. My insides weren't though. I wanted to go out and see some sights and such, but couldn't bring myself to do it. I guess I could've, but it was probably best to stay in. Generally, it wasn't too horrible, not nearly as bad as when I got sick in Singapore. I started to feel a bit better in the evening, but still took it easy.

Today, Thursday, it's been pouring rain. It hasn't stopped and doesn't look like it will stop soon. I guess I'm not accomplishing anything today. Hopefully, I'll do something tommorow. I want to see My Khe Beach (the part of China Beach where the soldiers hung out for R&R), Marble Mountain and Monkey Mountain. After Da Nang I'll go to Hue, the old imperial capital. Hue is a few hours away by train. I'm not sure if I'll leave tommorow afternoon (after a morning of sight-seeing) or on Saturday.

That's about all I have to report to you.

So, to fill up some space, and to stick to the food theme of this blog, I'll give you a list of some of the foods I've been craving from back home. I've been making a list as I've been travelling recently, thinking of what I'll be making sure to have when I get back home.

In no particular order...

-Anchovy pizza
-Johnny M (don't ask)
-Meatloaf
-Tuna Salad (with lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt and extra mayo) on well done toast with a cold apple (this was a really common lunch for me when living alone in college)
-Hamburger with ketchup, mayo, dijon mustard, horseradish, onions, pickles on a toasted bun
-Grilled hot dogs
-Apple cider
-Tex-mex style tacos
-Iced tea, the way we make at home
-Baked potato with butter, salt and sour cream
-Some good blue cheese like Gorgonzola, Roquefort or Stilton
-A Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts with bacon, and pumkin pie

Well, I'm out.

Take it easy,
Mike