i'll take as many saigon evenings as life can throw at me~ the air is thick and lush and the fruit is sweet and things seem to move slowwwly somehow

i've been passing my days in hcm city bumping along the streets on the back of an old motorcycle~ and rain or shine, honestly there's just no other way.. you can smell the incense from the street

CAUGHT outside choi's tacos with dami on my birthday by paparazzi greg jeong :P

happy birthday to me, spent at the han river in the best of company!! thank you my friends for sharing this night with me!!

finally met up with my dear friend (and our tokyo native guide) yu, and the first order of business was to get out to a local bar and try the sake... and we did try plenty... (i like it hot)

tokyo from 36 stories up: we hid out in this giant mall to escape the rain~

tokyo tower stands over the city like a big red eiffel tower, and from the top you get the most incredible perspective on the mix of old and new that makes up tokyo~

better late than never, we got to tokyo just in time for the end of sakura season~ and the city looks great in pink! very cool to witness such a huge symbol of japan

visited the temple and gardens in asakusa and was so impressed~ everything is huge and bold and bright red!

basic breakdown of my travel group this week in tokyo:

marijn and thomas, trying to cram everything in the lonely planet guide into five short days


andrea and jean-baptiste, making everything infinitely more difficult and loving it


and me, wondering how i got stuck on this trip with the four most high-maintenance european boys i've ever known