July 2011
4 posts
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Day 12
The last two days were pretty much uneventful. Until…the monsoon rain.
I finally washed some clothes and had them hanging up to dry outside in the sun. All of a sudden the monsoon rains started and they were pouring hard and fast. The kids and I were upstairs playing cards when we all looked at each other and scattered to our clothes that were hanging to dry. Mine downstairs,...
Day 10 - tips of the day
I had 1 main goal and a few minor goals for this trip: 1) learn Vietnamese, 2) learn how to cook, 3) learn how to shop for food, and 4) learn how to drive a motorbike (i.e. small motorcycle). Well, I’m happy to say that after my first few days of questioning whether or not I have passed that threshold of learning a new language that I am, in fact, improving. I’m learning many new...
Day 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (Today)
I don’t have much access to the internet so I apologize for the lump of information. I’ll try to keep it to the more interesting things.
Within the last few days, I’ve eaten countless types of fruit, dragon fruit (thanh long), lychees (cay vai), mangosteen (mang coc), watermelon (qua dua hau), sour sop (mang cau xiem), rambutan (chom chom), jack fruit (mit),and some weird plums...
June 2011
4 posts
Day 2
Today, I arrived in Don Duong, Vu’s village near Dalat after an 8 hour bus ride. There barely any one on the bus but one of the bus drivers and another older man started up a conversation with me. This was my first real experience speaking Vietnamese. We understood each other a little. They asked about where I lived, why I came to Vietnam, and what I did. I told them about my husband and...
11 hour flight? Easy.
I’m now in taipei waiting for 3 hours for my last flight to vietnam. The flight went by really fast because I was tired and slept a lot. The two vegetarian meals were edible but one was served at 3 in the morning and the other had strange greenish brown button mushrooms unlike I have ever seem before. I can’t wait to have vietnamese food.
Day 1
At the airport. I guess its officially day 1 because its 12:42 am. Long check in line. Long screening line. My bag got checked because I didn’t remove the liquids. Now I’m just charging my phone and waiting for boarding.