Berry's SEAJ trip Day 0: Journey to a land far, far away (6/3-5/15)

My backpack for my next 2-3 months in Asia. 

Initial flight was booked to leave on the 3rd however it was over booked by 20+ people so I got bumped (volunteered and got a 700$ voucher so essentially the flight was paid for :) ). Before leaving the airport, I got a seat assigned on the same flight for the following day as to not have this happen 2 days in a row. They also kept my bag so I didn't have to recheck it the next day which was nice. So after settling all that I went back to the parents house and hung out in the pool. The next day we repeated everything, though this time I got on the plane without any problems. They also gave me a economy plus seat because of the day before so I had ample leg room which was great since the flight was ~13h (to Narita). On the flight I watched the 3rd Hobbit movie, American Sniper, Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the woods, and Birdman. They were good movies, however that meant I also didn't get much, if any, sleep. Arrived in Japan and walked around the airport a bit until my next flight and noticed that Narita has many Duty free shops scattered all around the terminal (guess most airports do). One cool thing is the airport has many artistic displays around that gives the terminal some character and gives you something to look at other than the normal airport scene of people sitting in chairs and gates. Stopped and had a bowl of beef udon before the next flight. On this next flight, I fell asleep for a little bit once or twice as the day of travel had caught up with me. Once we landed in Ho Chi Minh City, I got my bag (I found out that if you check a hydration bag, it will make it – apparently no bag is too small to check) and quickly made it through customs and immigration (a benefit of arriving ~11pm). Since I was getting in late, I arranged with my hostel for a pickup for a few extra dollars than finding my own cab (17$ instead of 10 or so). It worked out nicely as they had a sign for me and I didn't have to work through the crowd and potentially have to pay more than that from one of the bad cabs. In the 10-15 minute drive to the hostel, I realized that I was in a different land; mopeds/scooters everywhere (probably more than we have cars in Houston) with everyone driving in an organized chaos that I would see more and more of in the coming weeks. After checking into the hostel (hideout hostel), I unpacked a little bit and took a shower before getting some sleep.