Adjusting

I don't know what clock my body is following, but I have woken up at 3:00a.m. Every morning since I've been here. Unfortunately this means that buy the afternoon the heat and the fact that I've been up for so long already means I am beat. Yesterday I couldn't even stay awake long enough to eat dinner. With lunch having been at !:00 I woke up starving! Breakfast of course isn't served til 6:30. Kill me. Luckily I had packed those fruit leathers. Thanks for the advice Char! They are coming in very useful in the wee hours of the morning. Today I bought a bus ticket to Hue. I leave 7p.m. tomorrow. I was going to walk to the train station, but as I was buying postcards from a girl, she said she would take me. And I'll be honest here: Anthony Bourdain is a wimp! My favorite part of this trip so far is getting on the back of those motortaxis and flying through the streets. The girl who took me had an adorable son and her family hangs out in the park looking for easy targets like me. She was great fun though. She was wearing a Burberry jacket, Dior jeans, and a Coach helmet. I doubt though, that Coach actually does helmets. Still: super cute and trendy. We chatted as she weaved the way through the packed streets. At one point my knee almost brushed up against a tour bus going the other way. There are some lines on the streets, signs and stuff, but rarely do people pay attention. Most street lights are turned off except for the very busy intersections. But even then, we went through a red light. The streets are a crazy thrill. I have one hand holding my helmet on, the other holding my purchases (yesterday a few things I had to buy ((gifts maybe?)) today pepsi and ritz crackers.) But nobody holds on. After driving those crazy mountain roads with Beki, this is nothing. As we flew down the streets we passed stores called Butterfly, Fairy, and Fermes (who needs Hermes right). There was a hotel called Charming and a street called Fried Fish. Hanoi is cute that way. Why have boring numbers when you can have Apple Cart Street. My hotel is on 22 Quan Thanh street, Quan Thanh meaning the bar. The breakfast buffet has an interesting assortment of foods including Oreos yesterday and today a marmalade that was orangey-yellow and tasted like marshmallow fluff. Must find out the name of that fruit. I'm hoping to see the water puppet show tonight. I'm going to try to make it for the 5:15 show so I'm not out too late.... Right now my plan is a nap, then head to the lake to do a bit of shopping and see the show.