Early noodle breakfast on the streets, just in on of the alleys. Very busy here and everybody is trwoing everuthing on the floor (what seems to be normal here in Vietnam). Twan had to buy a new tire, because the old one is getting flat all the time. It took a while to find a shop that wanted to fix it right away. I walked around surching for a supermarket. Even though it is Sunday, everything is open.

After all the start up troubles we finally left the town at 11.30. First we stopped at the hilltribe village of the Bana people. After that we spent some time at the ophanage behind the wooden church in Kon Tum. I spoke to the nun and some of the children and learned that not all children cab get to the orphanage. hen the nun visits the villages and want to take the children to the orphanage they first have to talk with the government and get permission. At the moment there are around 120 children here, and last September the place was flooded in consequence of the big storm. Gali teached me how to play the bamboo instrument, he is one of the former ophanages and now teaches how to play this local instrument at the University.

During our trip today it was getting hotter and hotter. We drove through the highlands and the views were fntastic. Stopped at some small towns and rivers to cross these handmade bridges, during my hike after crossing the brigde I got lost. But after a while I found a different way back to the bridge. After our dinner in Dak Glei Twan discovered that somebody stole gasoline out of his motor, so we were out of gas.

During the trip I saw the consequences of the floodings from last September, really devastating. Higher in the mountains some roads just disappaered into the deep ravines. Luckely they build some new roads. At the height of 1.600 metres we drove straight into the clouds and temperatures dropped fast. We couldn't see a thing in the mist and the roads were slippery and full with rocks that falled down. But driving through the mountains of the jungle was incredible to see in the mist and with all thse waterfalls. TWan also showed me pieces of the old Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Before we arrived in our overnight stay Kham Duc Hotel (in Kham Duc) we visited another village and talked to the local hilltribe. Beside the kids, the teenage girls were very interested in me. Some of them actually looked pretty hot :-) But Twan told me that they were not even 20 years old so we went on...

Ow today I have an extra nickname; Osama Bin Laden...because of my scarf