Every year a group of expats put together a music camping weekend outside of Hanoi, called Quest. It's from a Friday night to Sunday night. Of course, I went!
This year's theme was "Cosmic Animals" and my friend Alexandra and I decided to head down Friday night and leave Saturday night (early morning work on Sunday). I got down around midnight on Friday and partied until the wee hours of the morning. It was camping outside - we all had tents to sleep in, and there were about 4 or 5 different places to listen to music. It was right on a lake, so we could swim, or even hang out on some swings by the water. It was a great location and setup.
Saturday morning we had breakfast (and bloody marys) while the busses from Hanoi brought the weekend groups of people. Alex and I (and our friend Raghu) put on our costumes: I was a bumblebee, Alex was a ladybug, and Raghu was our flower. Raghu wasn't overy excited to be our flower, but too bad! Once we were set up in our costumes, we buzzed around the venue listening to music and catching up with friends. We did arts-n-crafts, and "sent" postcards to other people at Quest.
As the day went on, Alex and I kept delaying out departure more and more. By 9pm, we had decided to just wake up early and drive back before class started. The drive was only about 1.5 hours so it wouldn't be too bad.
So, we woke up at 4am, and then rolled back over. Then we woke up at 5am, and hit the road. We made it to class on time, but we were EXHAUSTED!
I can't wait for the next one!
Apes
This year's theme was "Cosmic Animals" and my friend Alexandra and I decided to head down Friday night and leave Saturday night (early morning work on Sunday). I got down around midnight on Friday and partied until the wee hours of the morning. It was camping outside - we all had tents to sleep in, and there were about 4 or 5 different places to listen to music. It was right on a lake, so we could swim, or even hang out on some swings by the water. It was a great location and setup.
Saturday morning we had breakfast (and bloody marys) while the busses from Hanoi brought the weekend groups of people. Alex and I (and our friend Raghu) put on our costumes: I was a bumblebee, Alex was a ladybug, and Raghu was our flower. Raghu wasn't overy excited to be our flower, but too bad! Once we were set up in our costumes, we buzzed around the venue listening to music and catching up with friends. We did arts-n-crafts, and "sent" postcards to other people at Quest.
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| Ellie, Anna, and a bumblebee |
So, we woke up at 4am, and then rolled back over. Then we woke up at 5am, and hit the road. We made it to class on time, but we were EXHAUSTED!
I can't wait for the next one!
Apes
