Flights

Inevitably I end up flying with the window bandit and the barfing girl during my two intravietnamese flights. My first flight involved a random guy who opened the exit seat row. He was promptly dismissed from his exit row duties of saving the plane in case of emergency. Then there was the barfing girl behind me last flight. That always happens. A little turbulence and the one girl tossing her cookies is always behind me. There she was.

Flying is an adventure in Vietnam. People rarely fly. When they do, they buy random souvenirs onboard such as the flight attendant shirt or a mini plane. Additionally they take pictures boarding the plane, by the plane, on the plane, etc.

Flying in Vietnam isn't for the weak of heart. There is always sweat down my back in the airport and airplane. It runs about 3-5 degrees over my max. There are smells. People take off their shoes. Everyone stands up when the flight is done and bodies touch. Cell phone calls are at a max. As is aberrant behavior.

The people are very friendly and talkative. The people on my flights were 30 year old business men from Hanoi. There are invariably white people on each flight and jetstar has austrailian flight decks.

In the airport, don't expect too much English. You can get checked in okay, but gate questions may pose a problem. Flights change gates often and rarely are the flights projected at the gate. There is a constant overhead reel of gating news that isn't too helpful.

If you can stand line cutting, book stealing from checked luggage, and a poor climate, then by all means: allons-y!

It should also be noted that your flight will be turbulent and delayed, as mine was and is apparently an often occurrence.

Right now I'm costing up to some airport beef that tastes amazing! Well see what my stomach has to say about that in a while..