Leaving Vietnam…thrice

Bought a ticket to Singapore. Took the 45-min shuttle to airport. Had the time wrong. Missed it by one minute! After nearly having a fit, decided to walk to the airport hotel, about 1 km down a dismal road. They wanted $25 for a disgusting room….back to the old quarter of downtown and to the hostel. By now it was late and I had to call the owner for a room. He was appropriately laughing at my misfortune. Got on the internet and booked another flight….just as the clock passed midnight. That would have been fine, only I didn’t realize it was already the next day….so I booked another plane ticket for the next day. So I go to sleep and the next day make sure to get to the airport nice and early. Only prob was, there was NO flight. Hmmm. Turns out, when the clock passed midnight, I’d bought a ticket for the “next day”. Well, so I get back on the shuttle bus for round two of embarrasment by showing up at the hostel.
Both times, met a bunch of cool people on the shuttle and generally enjoyed myself.
Finally, I’m now at the airport, three hours early. It appears that on my third trip I may just make the flight. Singapore.

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