Another hot and muggy day. :-P Hard to believe that just 3 months ago, we were all shivering and packing our beds with hot-water bottles!
I was on my way to the Garden Hotel to cash some travelers' checks and buy our plane tickets. The bus on the way there had some air-conditioning problems that the driver felt the need to stop and try to fix for about every 15 minutes. Should've known better than to jump on a bus spewing brown water out of one of its side panelings...
After picking up a number at the bank, I found the travel agency, where I signed an invoice confirming our reservations. Then I headed back to the bank, but the waiting line was still as long as when I'd left. I went back to the agency to borrow the phone and call L., then went back to wait until my number was called. Turned out I needed the receipts for the travelers's checks, which I didn't bring! Argh! They didn't request this the last couple tiems we'd changed travelers' checks. But I didn't argue...just went back home to collect the receipts.
After about an hour, L. and I took the shuttle to the main campus and then a taxi back to the hotel with the bank. We finally got the money exchanged, after what seemed a while as the bank staff were figuring out what to do with the travelers’ checks, then went back to the travel agency to pick up the tickets.
After a Starbucks break, we took a taxi to the "Lemon House Vietnamese Cuisine". The dinner was fantastic...probably the best-tasting meal I've had in GZ...and priced reasonably to boot! We even had leftovers, which made L. happy. She had been looking forward to eating here for a couple weeks...and for good reason.
