Friday, January 23, 2009

A Brazilian in Saigon

It's not so surprising, actually. Though if you come to the Philippines, I'm sure you'd be the first one in Bambang. There are a lot of white people here. The kind that I don't like, more than any other. The kind that bargains with prostitutes over a sum less than $6 USD. Coming from Belgium, as far as I can tell by the accent, or some other European country. Makes me sick. Anyway, the Brazilian tried with Skype to call his mother, but the connection just wasn't that great. I'm here, thinking about whether to buy some juice or be stingy by saving that extra dollar, due to having to have taken a more expensive room tomorrow night. I'm skimping on juice, while the other tourists here are going for foot massages :). But damn, it's not even that cheap here. I suppose if you're from some cold scandinavian country and not a poor brownie like me... maybe that's why when I sat down at the computer this morning the white girl pulled her bag closer to her.

Update: I thought it was pretty safe around here, it not being nearly as crowded as some places I'd been in in the Philippines, but now I'm just listening to this Chinese woman asking for her passport from the hotel reception, because she was just robbed and the police need to see some identification. Apparently sometime earlier another couple were also robbed. Man... maybe I'm just lucky these days, or at least I hope so, shit how many times can I have had my camera stolen if it weren't the case *knock on wood*? I suppose it's like in Romania, there weren't so many people there... goddamn it, means I'll have to go back there if ever I want those photos. I think I will return to Hungary some day, but definitely not to Romania...

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