Fifth month with Remote Year, so fifth country – Vietnam. This is no where near South Africa, so I had a chance to find out if I actually have skills for long haul flights, or if the enjoyable 11.5 hour flight from Paris to Cape Town had been a fluke…..I think I did alright with Cape Town-Dubai-Hanoi, even having already acknowledged that the malaria pills were making me a little prickly. And when it takes 19 total hours to cross 5 time zones (only five???!), who knows what jet lag even means at that point! I had to stay somewhat focused to navigate the free-for-all of getting through the crowd blocking the first few customs windows, to find dozens more windows, still with lines – it is worse than guessing which line to pick at the grocery store. But once truly into Hanoi, I greatly appreciated being fully taken care of by the local team – giving me my new SIM card and taking me right to the door of my new apartment to start the next adventure!
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