Chào mừng các bạn đến Việt Nam
(Welcome to Vietnam!)
Yesterday’s plane trip went very well. We arrived in Ho Chi Minh at 4:30pm after a relaxed plane trip to then be bombarded with Vietnam’s humid and sunny weather. We made ourselves at home in our hotel, sprawling the contents from our suitcases across the floor within the first few minutes. We then all gathered to eat a well deserved dinner, dining for the first time as Vietnam group Orange. After eating we took a stroll around the hectic downtown streets taking in all our new surroundings. We loved seeing locals singing and playing guitars down a busy pedestrian street filled with bright lights. The jet lag was finally catching up with us and we headed back to our rooms and crashed.
Today we were up bright and early and thoroughly enjoyed our buffet breakfast at 7am. We then left on the bus at 8am and made our way to an orphanage. This experience was quite confronting at first but then we made great connections with the kids. We really enjoyed playing with the orphans and making them laugh, which was a really heart warming experience. We hope our donation will help them. Leaving the kids was difficult but knowing we had made a difference was very rewarding.
Next stop was the Cu Chi tunnels where we were put in the shoes of the Vietnamese troops. Crawling through the 80 x 60 cm tunnels was quite scary and made you feel very claustrophobic. We were all very interested by the their tactics for trapping the Americans.
We took a long bus trip home and couldn’t help noticing the river of motorbikes flowing down the street. Dinner was delicious and we have especially enjoyed the spring rolls and fried rice!
Our tour guide, Suny, has been so helpful and is teaching us so much about Vietnamese history, culture and daily life.
WE LOVE AND MISS ALL OF YOU AT HOME ILYSM
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By Meg & Ry’annah