After eating breakfast I took a long nap and when I woke I noticed that the mountain could at least be seen so I decided to take an evening walk through the old part of the city. I was struck by the lack of people on the streets, few tourists and even the locals are staying indoor and after the ant colony which is Saigon I felt like I had the world to wander in solitude and silence. I discovered that the R3 bus runs to the airport for 20b, so in order to spend the remaining amount of bhat I have before leaving in a few days I decided I could spend a bit more on food. I also considered spending it on other things but I saw that my habit of spending little is not out of physical necessity but rather I simply don't need what money can get, other than food, clothing and shelter. If freedom does exist I can't imagine what else it would be other than the habit of needing nothing. I passed an Indian restaurant and knew I could spend more than usual on a good meal so I ordered take away and walked home under orange smokey dusklight, a character in a dystopian future novel which happens to be now.
The intense satisfaction I am feeling from this almost complete journey creates a nice atmosphere inside my mind, the completion of a project years in the making.
