Last week was my first Vietnamese rainstorm experience. It's been hot and dry and extremely sunny pretty much every day since I got here so it came as quite a suprise. And I got caught right in the middle of it. Seriously, I have never experienced such heavy rain in my entire life. In a matter of minutes the whole street was flooded. I was totally drenched. The Vietnamese are like ants, they seem to know exactly when it is going to rain and all the bikes suddenly vanish from the streets. Except for the few with massive raincoats that cover both themselves and half the motorbike as well. It look retarded, but I'm thinking of doing just that. I mean I already look like a goose riding around on my pink bike anyway, with my mean bikie helmet and striped ninja mask. I have to take a photo of it, after I buy my poncho which is the size of a blanket.

Last night I discovered Fanny. Its an ice cream cafe, and once a month they have an all-you-can-eat ice cream buffet for 67,000 dong, which is like $4. And the ice cream is fantastic. Just thought I'd throw that one out there...

There's this funny old guy who goes to the bar/cafe thats like my second home here. The other day he started chatting, and he was telling me about his ficancee, and this and that, and how he's always wanted a dart board. He said I looked Vietnamese, and I explained that I am in fact half Sri-Lankan. Then last night, I saw him there again, and he's like "Oh, you look Vietnamese." He seriously didn't remember anything I had told him. So we had the exact same conversation again. It was pretty funny. And every time I've seen him there, he looks over at the dart board and says "Oh, I've always wanted a dart board. I think I'm going to buy one." And everyone there is like "yes, we know. You've told us about 50 times...". He's quite a character.

There are so many weird and interesting people that I've met here. I should write a book! Vietnam is such a weird and interesting place in so many ways. You really can't understand just by being told about it, you have to live it. I was having this conversation with someone the other day. Living here has changed me a lot. Theres no way I can go back to 'business as usual' back home after this.