another ROAD TRIP !!!..... meeting Phap again and again.... meeting Nguoi Linh .... and Phap again

In my house in Vinh Hoa:

6:30 .... I've slept in again ....

19 degrees and sunny ;-)

7:00

Hien sweeps by himself....  and still has to learn to look for spiders

I'm toying with the idea to fix the water this morning..... but NAHHH.... it can wait .....

another nap

8:45

OMFG..... Hoa, my cleaning lady used my airplane-travel-liquids bag to collect the rat's nest.... this has to STOP...she is simply TOO STUPID ....

10:30

Calisthenics done, cat-wash done, plants watered..... I am making good time today ....

a visit to Chau....they already called him and asked him whether he really ordered TWO solar panels ;-)  .... and he mentions Binh is in the hospital in Quy Nhon

Somehow I ride the scooter to Tuy Hoa ....

13:00

I'm JUST STARTING to write to Phap, when I see that I have an email from him .....and I get another one of those bland replies...... SIGH !!!!

14:00

Screw it... I'm going to take a HOT shower !!!

14:15

I might regret this VERY MUCH.... or not .... there is a Phap email....he wants to borrow another 1.7 trieu .....I SNAP and write "Why?  The hotel no longer pays you?" and this time I send it......

14:30

I'm JUST ABOUT to hop on the scooter to ride to coop.mart.... when he walks into the hotel lobby....he didn't read my email..... and as soon as I see him, I can no longer be angry.....  he gets off quickly.... and is cuddlier than ever..... oi gioi oi...what did I get myself into ?

17:45

we're just about to get into it again (YUMMY) when the Hotel Lady calls three times....he has to go to work..... luon xui xeo ..... nhung khong quan trong ;-)

I meet him for dinner at Bob's Cafe at 19:00....

.... and of course he's late

He's coming to the room afterward.... nature takes its course....OMG he's so snuggly ... and I actually LIKE his snoring ;-)

21:15

OOOPS. We slept in..... He's supposed to be at work already..... he leaves quickly

Coop.mart is about to close... so I walk to N-Mart.... another bottle of red and a YUMMY baguette... let's hope the fake cheese doesn't set of another colic....

10:00

I'm watching the most beautiful gay movie....

...... Your Name Engraved Herein...

.... at 55, I am living through what I should have been doing at 20 ..... and YES, Phap is like Birdy (and George) .... he's fucking NUTS and irresponsible .... and I friggin NEED that in my life

0:30

7:00

I'm freezing inside the room ..... I'm shivering

11:00

He's still not here.... and I'm running out of wine ....

a quick run to resupply

11:45

I'm just hopping into bed when he walks in ... I overreacted again ... many guests means many rooms to clean ....

He leaves soon after....

14:15

I fill up the scooter and head West.... a trip into Parts Unknown, to meet Toan at his army base

This is further than I thought.... I'm almost there, going slower, when I hear someone shout HEEEYYYY from a store.....it's the soldier at the barbershop ;-)

I brought a bottle of Bubbly....

He likes it ;-)

Time to head back to Tuy Hoa ....

17:00 

I'm back in the room

buy 10 Cialis....28k each ;-)  let's go to Coopmart..... BAD MOVE....

it is a zooish nightmare !

18:00

back in the room..... 

19:00

Dinner with Phap....

19:40

He comes back to the room again...  good thing I bought another BOB

.... and we're at it again..... and falling asleep in each others arms..... OMG.... such good cuddles.....

21:30

and he's gone again .....

0:30

sleep?

6:15

I'm COLD.... I don't feel like visiting Co Tam today

9:00

nap

10:00

Phap email .... are you leaving at lunch today? .... mo mo nee ? A little later, I think: WHY am I such a cynical arsehole?

I'm wearing a shirt, a sweater, and a rain jacket... and I'm still freezing.... the north wind is atrocious....   but no rain.... I'm afraid for my solar panels and am not looking forward to a cold house at a windy beach....

12:30

back in my house..... barely any wind, SUNNY, the batteries at 14V.....it is PERFECT !!!!

OK, first things first.... buy 2 boxes of wine 

The neighbours are using Lisa's fire pit as a garbage dump...... 

Let's collect those pump parts ......

The Monkey drops by.....

15:30

I send away the Monkey... I need a nap....

nap

17:00

I ride to Chau's.....  we drink a bit.... there is another Lazada delivery.... and OMFG, the delivery guy and I KEEP exchanging glances and smiles... and he is SO fucking gorgeous..... what a country !

18:00

Got some milk in the store..... I have Muesli again ;-)

in the world:   

at least Nixon wasn't a fat pig and got a decent haircut once in a while ...

I'm still thinking about that Lazada delivery guy...OMG ... Gaydar was pinging so hard.... 

19:45

A Phap email.... oi gioi oi...  I reply with loving drool.... and then don't hear back.... always the same heartbreak ......

22:30

No reply from Phap.....even after another email from me..... and I'm ready to DITCH him again.....

Day 10 without power....Road Trip !!! from Home to Tuy Hoa ....

 6:00

I wake up for the umpteenth time.... but now it's bright outside !

I've gotten over the 6 trieu.... but not over the loss of trust in the Vietnamese of Phu Yen.... ah well.

Today will be a strange day.... I will travel to Tuy Hoa without meeting Phap.... on the other hand... I used to travel to different cities all the time without meeting anyone... just a different city was enough ... and I'll get to eat Fish & Chips again (or Pizza?)

7:00

H&H are back..... they will work every day.... and again I explain to Hien to LOOK for dirt.... they have 4 or 5 days to get this place ship shape.  And if they can't manage that I'll get a tiny bit upset....

9:45

it's raining..... oi gioi oi.... riding 70 km over atrocious roads in the rain ????

10:30

A few sunny streaks, but not generally traveling weather....I'm going to get wet today !..... might as well around noonish.... and taking a shower can wait until Tuy Hoa... the hotel will have HOT WATER, lOl.

11:30

let's screw it.... time to get wet ?

a quick visit to Choi's.... he's watching children's cartoons on his phone during lunch and insists on feeding me too.... but I refuse the meat ....

Just behind Ganh Do: 

HOLY SHIT !!! 

 The Bamboo Bridge is GONE !!!

I'm riding like the wind .... 40 km tail wind .... a quick stop at minimart But Vinmart+ is CLOSING OUT and DOWN ..... 

and at 13:15 I'm in my room ... 206 this time .... first thing to do is set the A/C to HEAT ....maybe it works ?

13:30

start up the computer.... OMFG.... XUI XEO .... I have translating work !!

14:00

I've managed (at least I think so) to negotiate with the receptionist in Vietnamese that I keep my room tomorrow until 14:00 and that the scooter will stay here

15:00

I'm juggling blog writing with listening to music with writing to lovers and clients .... and with drinking wine... and I can feel that it'll be time for a nap soon !

nap

16:45

Phap wrote an hour ago ... 

The first WARM shower in 10 days

Phap shows up at 17:45 .... cuddles...

18:00

eat 

19:00

I thought he had to work at 7 .... but no.... he comes up to the room ... holding hands leads to more ... someone was horny and comes faster and faster... or maybe I'm just learning how to push his buttons (literally).... 

19:30

Just WHY is he asking for 500k when he leaves... he says to buy clothes... 

20:15

I have a craving for bread with ham .... wasn't the pizza enough?.... I don my raincoat and head to Coopmart..... I'm one of the very few people wearing a mask and there is no temperature check !

20:45

How about doing some translating work and writing some e-mails .... OK, so I watch some Netflix as well ;-)

22:30

I write a "good night!" email to Phap... and one minute later get an email back ...with hearts ;-)

You're just like a dream !

23:30

Road Trip !!! Home to Quy Nhon to Home .... an encounter with Lee & Eva & Dong, Phap emails ..... and Choi & Han save the day ;-)

 6:00

Huh ? lot's of sleep !

H&H

I have to tell him for the umpteenth time to clean inside first so as not to drag the outside dirt inside....

8:00

nap

9:15

reflection from my tiles on my ceiling ....

10:30

I'm done with the calisthenics and feel like napping more ;-( NO, I just read for a bit

11:00

I try to skype Denise & Hans.... Skype says they're not online.... oh, BS, Denise is always online at this hour ! then she keeps texting back and forth..... 

11:30

More electrical wiring.... I'm sick of charging batteries for the stair lights....

... I bang my head on the stairs HARD .... why do I have grass on my head?..... I DO have a big bump on my head.... and I realize that the grass was hair and that I semi-scalped myself .... 

Oh, what a day, LOL....

12:15

should I go or not?.....

Shave, shower, skip the swimming today....

13:15

Oh, I might as well go....

appalling how many new hotels appeared along this previously pristine coast ;-(

14:15

Life's a Beach.... only 1 waitress....and she's overworked.... but she answers my call for a 'strong G&T' with a concoction that might just knock me off my chair, LOL.

14:40

Where is my food ? ....

It takes 1/2 an hour and the fries are lukewarm ..... I don't take it out on the waitress because she is utterly overworked.... especially now that a young people photo-shoot crowd arrives

15:15

All of a sudden all the staff is there.... but they have their communal meal.... time to leave...

15:40

Dung doesn't recognize me at first.... but then is all excited and  shows me his garden ...

16:30

17:30

Coop.mart

18:30

Lee calls..... I don't really want to eat....

19:00

another lesson..... fear of losing money (or fear of life and an uncertain future ?!?) turns my mind aggressive against people..... 

they are only 2 minutes late ;-)

Lee surprises me.... he picks up the dinner tab...

and hands over 2 trieu that he can live without now....

21:00

back at the hotel.... Dong is watching TV.... chuc ngu ngon

21:30

more lovey dovey mails with Phap..... oi gioi oi .....

21:45

An email from Joanna in Paris....

. she is saying that she is almost sure that she had the virus....sick for a week.... but that it was impossible to be tested...

.. WTF?!?..... the first of my friends to have had it !

More Phap emails..... and OH NO....

....he's a sad-movie crier... as if I hadn't known all along....

... I do MISS him SO MUCH....

22:30

Wide awake.... and I am very glad I went on today's trip.... took my mind off things at home.....

23:00 still awake ...and in LOVE...

23:30

6:30

ooh.... I slept a lot....

an email and a picture from Jessica.....

OMG....this picture hammers home just HOW LONG I've been gone ....

My motel used to be here :-(

8:25

I've decided NOT to go to Big C....   too lazy.... too sluggish.... that cold still has my body in its grip...

9:30

Time to go.... Dong takes selfies of us..... and he doesn't accept any money for the room .....oi gioi oi ....

10:15

At Life's a Beach..... I realize that Dong texted the pictures to my OLD PHONE NUMBER ;-(  So sad....that was actually a good picture of me ......

10:30

OMG.... VinaPhone sent the pictures to my email account ;-)

The pharmacy has 4 Viagra and 2 Cialis left, LOL.... 

the Com Chien voi Dau Hu is actually edible...

... and not expensive at 49k.... 

11:45

back home..... thank god... I have enough of that bouncing around on the bad roads....

12:30

dying lobsters going for whatever the crying owner can get for them...

I hope Choi's and Chau's lobsters are OK .... 

14:30

15:30

time to throw out Thanh's STINKING rotting monster starfish.... I think maggots are already feasting on it.....

Oops.... I did it again.... it is Sunday.... I emailed Phap... if he was working 5 times in a row while I was in Tuy Hoa and he won't be answering (i.e. not working) today and tonight.... I'm going to get REALLY CRANKY and depressed ...

16:45

I'm about to settle into depression, when Choi & Han show up..... Han just SO MUCH looks like a GORGEOUS Coastal Salish guy, LOL....

Choi brings me a bag of GORGEOUS blue lobster shells !!!

Choi had his belly razor-bladed to deal with a stomach ache.... now he has TWO aches instead of one... but at least his lobsters are OK.... only the lobsters in Song Cau Bay died 

Choi takes one of my sprouting coconuts and reveals just HOW MUCH FOOD there is inside them....

Hang still is not well..... but he is SO GEORGEOUS.... the doctor in Quy Nhon said it's his liver and he should go to Saigon..... but he needs 3 trieu....

He asks me to go hiking up the mountain with him..... LOL.... even Choi agrees.... too dangerous... sending two fruits up the mountain....   just looking at his face and expressions makes Phap look average.... WHAT is WRONG with me.....  5 months ago I was a widower and 6 year virgin ... and now I'm getting picky.... ?!???....  But there is a certain je ne sais quoi about the way Hang sucks that Champagne cork .....  oi gioi oi

  

Oh why the hell not.... tomorrow at 9 Han will fix my plumbing issues... NO, NO, I mean the REAL bathroom plumbing issues !!!....  With any luck he will do it right.... I will be happy..... and he will have 3 trieu.... he will be happy .... isn't that what it's all about ????

18:00

They leave.... and Phap's email arrives one minute after that.... coincidence ?!?.....  Believe in Karma !

18:30

Time to work on those MANY GIANT lobsters that Choi brought .....

19:45

NEED to SLEEP...

21:15

the phone rings..... Nguoi Linh