I'm here!

After 3 flights, 2 upgrades to business class, 1 tour of Ho Chi Minh City, 8 bottles of water, and 0 nights of sleep...I have arrived. If you think my suitcase was the largest one of the groups, you are correct. If you think I packed more than anyone else, you are correct. If you think I'm sweating more than anyone else, you are also correct.

So how can I sum up the last couple days? I'll give it a go...
The flight from Seattle to Taiwan was just fine. 13 1/2 hours of delightful sitting. We switched planes there for Ho Chi Minh city. When we landed there it was crazy. There was a sea (thousands!) of people outside the airport. Next week it Tet, which is their new year. It's bigger than Christmas. Seriously. So the airport was jammed with people. We made our way through the crowd to hop on our tour bus. A giant, hot pink tour bus. Needless to say, we were not blending in at all. We took a tour of the city and stopped for lunch. We also went to the Vietnam war museum. What an interesting experience. Very sad. Our day there was short as we had to head back to the airport for the flight to Hue. We all got bumped to 1st class and got to go the 1st class lounge. There we were....hot, dirty, sweaty, and gross wandering around this uber-fancy lounge. Kinda embarrassing, but still delightful. We arrived in Hue around 6:30pm on Sunday night. We were all exhausted. We dropped off our stuff at our hotel and grabbed some dinner.

That about sums up the trip so far. It's Monday morning right now (I think). We have a free day today. I plan on going to the Hue market with some of the girls. Should be fun. Tomorrow, we begin our work at the pediatric hospital about 1/2 mile from our hotel. I'm so excited for that.

Please keep in touch with me and I will do the same. You can email me at summervandam@gmail.com Take care!!!