We are up early to check out the free breakfast that is offered by the hostel. We have to go to the sister hostel across the street. The breakfast was poor. Some eggs, ham, bread and coffee. I fill myself up, because it is free after all. Not much left but I do my best. Back to the hostel after that. Just chill downstairs after. John has been shaking away, and today we are supposed to be meeting some people from Shakey Shakey. They are Chinese so John will have n...

I had noticed a guy on the train that was staying in my hostel in Nanning, I've spoken to him and we have decided to get a taxi from the station to the centre of town. He has nowhere booked so I tell him he can stay at the same place I am. When we get off at the station, not that you can call it a station, just a gate you walk through. Once we get out we are completely swamped with people trying to offer us a taxi, $30 is what we are quoted! Pure ridiculous! Afte...

My train is at 18.20 so I don't need to be up super early. Though there are a few things that I need to get sorted, change money, food for the train etc. I ask at reception about getting money changed, Leeshan has some Dong from when she was in Vietnam so she offers to swap it for me, which makes things easy. I also decide that it is probably a good idea to get some USD as that is a widely used currency in south east asia, though you will pay more using dollars. ...

Feeling s*** today. I don't get up until 1 and I don't do much for the whole day. Have a small lunch in the hostel, not really feeling to energetic. I do a wee bit of research on Vietnam and work out a couple of the things that I want to see. I should get my visa back today, well I have to because I must leave tomorrow. Let's hope there are no complications. ----- Play a couple of games of pool with Elaine, and get a pizza in the hostel for dinner. Bit weird, m...

Fei Fei and I had planned to go out to people's park today, but she gets news that her granda is sick and so she has to book a flight home. We go down to the market for breakfast and then just back to the hostel. She does not feel like doing anything else today before her flight, so we just sit in the hostel and chat, before she has to go and get her flight. I feel bad for her as she was only here one day and didn't see anything. I can tell she is very upset abou...