Exciting morning, everything ok

I didn’t wake up when I meant to but I did wake up, I did get to the airport in time, I did get to Ho Chi Minh City, I am here now. 

The airplane ride reminded me of traveling to Honduras while injured three years ago. Oh I am so glad I am better. I can’t believe I survived. I did read part of a depressing book about traumatic brain injuries while on the plane that said....depressing things. 

I didn’t give the Grab (local equivalent of Uber) the correct address, because I didn’t have it, but I did get to the hotel, I did get to the meeting, and it was all concerning, but it was all ok. I was not happy when the driver brought me to some random house and not a building that looked like one you’d have a meeting in - but like I said, it all ended well and I did give him the biggest tip the app allowed.

I learned from each of the meetings, even the one I didn’t think I would learn from. 

This is in the building where the HCMC stock exchange is located. The building was built by the French. It has an amazing staircase and a huge, gorgeous .... what is a giant room with no purpose called? It was the floor above the lobby so it wasn’t even the lobby. Ballroom? It would make an incredible wedding venue. 

The hotel is nice. 

In honor of Frank, Kwtracey’s rooster, I’ve stopped eating chicken. I can’t tell you how much I want to eat chicken. I’m craving chicken. This country, btw, was designed for people who love to eat pork. 

Meanwhile, tomorrow I will go to DaNang. I will work from the hotel there and write up all the wonderful things I have learned and I will see a dragon.