Thanks for being patient with my updates. I am still feeling the effects of jet lag and getting back to normal life as I know it. I am also trying to work through over 600 photos, not all mine may I add, to determine what to post. Hope you don't mind that my trip will be broken down into a couple of posts.
We flew Cathay Pacific, which was a great airline. Their seating and service were amazing. Do I have to go back to US domestic airlines? I have been spoiled and wasn't even in first-class. It really helped make the first 16 hour flight go smoothly. Yes, I did enjoy the 16 hour flight on the way there. I got half-way through my book, finishing the other half on the way home. A few naps here and there. I watched 6 movies between our flights there and back. We had two meals and one snack. We were cracking up as the snack was very similar to our "Cup of Noodles". All we had were chopsticks, guess they were preparing us for our meals in Vietnam.
We left at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning New York time and arrived at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Ho Chi Minh City. Amazing! Our friends picked us up at the airport and we went back to their house to eat Domino's pizza for dinner. Yes, they have Domino's in Vietnam. After settling in we headed for a good nights sleep.
The next morning we had orientation and off to Master's Cup Coffee House where we would spend most of our time over the next 3 days. We couldn't get over how beautiful the area we stayed in was. I felt like I was in Florida. Below is our friends Grant and Molly's town home. The picture below that is looking off the balcony from our bedroom.
The coffee house is just around the corner from their town house. We all broke out in a sweat on the walk over. They told us Vietnam has two seasons, hot and dry or hot and wet. We were in the in between season, so we got hot every day but some dry and some wet each day.
The first floor is the cafe with tables to eat.
The second floor has two speaking rooms where the Vietnamese people can come and practice their English. They have one "speaker" for each room (usually an American), or more than one in our teams case, who takes a 4-5 shift to sit and talk with the Vietnamese about whatever. I loved the concept. The Vietnamese people want to learn English as it helps them to get better jobs. they are so eager to learn and can sit for hours and talk. I am amazed at some of them who come for most of the day, or drive an hour each way just to come to the coffee house. They are so friendly and we really enjoyed our time connecting with them.
More to come...
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