Vietnam 2007 – Page 3

Many young children must sell lottery tickets to help out their families.

Notre Dame Basilica in Saigon Though not the most widely accepted religion and a distant second to Buddhism, there are many more churches in bigger cities like this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon_Notre-Dame_Basilica

Military Tea

Saigon Revisited Everytime we re-emerged in this great, crazy city, it was raining or had just dumped, making it cooler by nearly 10 degrees from Hue and cleaning the smog while creating little puddles of pathways going to Michele’s aunt’s house in the heart of District 5. Tourists know District 1 well, for that’sContinue reading “Military Tea”

What started as 28 students grew to 38, three new “beginners” joined later that second week.

In order to remove the violence from Hangman, we called the word game “In Jail” instead.

“Yesterday, Once More” by The Carpenters

One day a novice handed me the complete lyrics to “Yesterday, Once More,” by The Carpenters and asked, “Can you sing?” After mangling the first part, I remembered the melody and rhythm and sang the chorus. “I used to listen to this group on 8-track tapes when I was younger than you.” I told them,Continue reading ““Yesterday, Once More” by The Carpenters”