Shot! Shot! Shot!... Vaccinations?!

I'm a slacker when it comes to doing certain things. In this case, it was getting vaccinations. Who knew one needed to do this weeks prior to build up antibodies? Certainly not this girl. In any case, I went to the doctor today and got a bunch of shots and vaccinations: Hepatitis A, Typhoid, and the flu shot because it's just that time of year.

Travel vaccines are not covered by insurance. So not only will I be personally paying for vaccines I also get to pay for my visit to the doctor. Hooray! (There needs to be a sarcasm font. Someone work on that.) One shot in each arm and now both are a little sore. All to prevent my dying or at least get very, very, very sick in Vietnam. Hopefully.

14 Days and Counting

Fourteen days until I get on a plane for the one place in the world I thought I would never go: Vietnam. Birth place of my parents and their parents and their parents before that, Vietnam was a country I was terrified of as a child. As I became an adult, Vietnam became a mystery to me and it intrigued me about the local culture, ideology, and food. It finally intrigued me enough for me to go.

On November 28, 2011, I will be boarding a plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Saigon, Vietnam. The flight will be about 22 hours with a ten hour layover in Seoul, South Korea. I will be documenting my trip on this blog and I hope you guys will enjoy my journey to the motherland. :)