Last day

Things I'll be glad not to have to do when this trip is over:

• Hand-wash any clothes.
• Carry my laptop with me everywhere I go.
• Buy drinking water and fret over all the discarded plastic bottles.
• Plan my water intake and toilet options around the day's itinerary.
• Back up my text and image files on thumb drives and Gmail almost every night.
• Point to the handwritten note that says "Toi di viet sacs cho Lonely Planet" whenever I need to explain what I do to a non-English speaker.
  

Things I'll miss doing:

• Crossing the road with Zen-like impunity, even during rush hour across six lanes of traffic in central Saigon.
• Having good coffee available just about everywhere, except at certain hotels or overly-touristed areas.
  
• Eating crisp, cheap baguettes.
• Drinking cheap beer.
• Encountering people who are are extremely nice and helpful, even when they don't speak any English and haven't a clue what I'm trying to ask of them.