We’re officially half way through our trip at the moment, waiting to get on an overnight train from Hanoi and killing time at a nearby net cafe. Reading through blog posts, news, and stories from home it occurred to us that there are a few pleasures from our regular lives that are starting to become noticeably absent. So, I thought I’d just throw out a list of things we normally take for granted that both of us are looking forward to having again when we get home in just about three weeks:
Clean clothes
TV
Wardrobe variety (more the two total outfits)
Buying things without haggling
Crossing the street without feeling sheer panic and terror
Eating food without taking a Bismol pill just in case
Alone time
Fast internet
Taxi drivers that take you where you ask them to
Did I say TV?
Sleeping in the same bed for more then two nights in a row
Doing nothing
My iPhone 
oh, and TiVo
The truth is, we’re having a great time. Giving up these few things, making some small sacrifices, and realizing that tasks here are just a bit more difficult to accomplish is a tiny price to pay. It’s certainly been worth it. But there’s definitely a reality setting in that I’m going to need a vacation when I get through with this vacation.
Ok, off to a cabin in the mountains!
