Nanning, Southwest China

Amara and I woke up at 4am today and headed to Hongqiao airport. We had never been to this airport before because it is only for domestic flights to select cities. We arrived in Nanning at around 10:30, and took a bus into the city. We found a cheap hotel (9 US a night). It is by far the dirtiest hotel i've ever been to - but you can't beat that price!!! After we checked in, we went to a travel agent to drop off our Passports so we can get our Visas to enter Vietnam. Unfortunately, the earliest they could have our Visas ready was 8pm tomorrow night, and there are no buses or trains to Hanoi until Thursday morning, so we have to spend an extra day in Nanning. I wouldn't mind except that we were only planning to stay in Vietnam for 4 days, and now we will only have 3.

I was a little nervous about this trip - we've never done anything like this before. But it is sure to be a great experience. On the next entry, I will add pictures from Vietnam.

Overall, things are off to a good start.

In case of emergency, this is our Hotel #:
We can be contacted at: (0771) 209 9000, room 20210