Videos from our Vietnam Trip
Students are just let out for recess/exercise time.
Before they can go out and play, they have to take part in some kind of exercise or dance.
Part of the My Tho island tour where we actually had to row back to our boat in the harbor.
This is me crosssing the street in My Tho. Traffic was actully really slow at the time.
Normal blogging begins tomorrow, although I might sneek some posts in today.
If you have any questions about our trip, just post the questions or email me at kgeeding at hotmail dot com.
Reunited and it feels so good …
After experiencing a 30-hour Friday and two sun rises, DogGeeding and I were finally reunited.
And while eating my chicken-fried steak and sippin’ my iced-tea this evening, I noticed this sign:
That was a nice touch
Last night was the last time I had dinner with my Vietnamese family before jetting off. While eating at the resort outdoors at sunset with the sound of waves hitting the beach, my mom’s favorite song (Stevie Wonders’ I Just Called To Say I Love You) began playing. Granted it was just the instrumental version, but I thought that was a nice way to end things.
This morning we flew out of Saigon and I actually got choked-up and started to cry as we took off. The moment we hit the air I said, “Good-bye Mom” and reflected on the week that I spent with family I have only seen in pictures. After a few minutes in the air I saw a beautiful sunrise, which was another nice way of capping off this adventure. I’m definitely ready to go home, but my heart is with my family. It’s amazing how fate chose me to live such a blessed life in the U.S., and how they live a life of poverty in Vietnam. I know for sure that I can no longer feel sorry for myself again.
The long portion of our trip (Hong Kong to San Fran) is a bit shorter going home, 14 hours instead of 17 hours. But I do find it interesting that I will live a 30 hour Friday today.
My iced-tea and chicken-fried steak is near, not to mention picking up DogGeeding from the kennel.
Signing off from Hong Kong and about 20 hours from home,
Keither