Saturday, April 6, 2013

We Are Melting in This Heat

    Earned a gold medal today for being ready to go to breakfast at 7:30. The other reason I had to be up so late was laundry. Yesterday they said it would be back later that day. Later that day they said nine o'clock at night. Nine o'clock at night they said today at seven. Seven this morning they said it would be there before we left. Very stressful. 
    As a child my family went on plenty of road trips so it's easy to say I'm used to car rides of any length. For some reason today, that was proved false. Even though we have gone up and down on twisty mountain roads the straight road today had me holding onto a baggie just in case. 
    Our van needed more gas so we pulled over at this gas station. Immediately we had people swarming around the van trying to sell us various fruits. They tapped on the windows and waved at us. I now know what it's like to be a fish in an aquarium.
    Arrived at our hotel later than planned and then plans changed. Again. The hotel screwed up our reservations (first time ever according to Drexler) so Karen, Deanna and Alessa are spending the night in a triple. Feeling really sorry for them. Donna and I were freaking out on the walk to the other hotel that we would be forced into a triple with Lilith. Thankfully Drexler put Niko and Lilith together. 
Not a very interesting day, so here, have some pictures!! 
Craziest thing carried on a motorcycle in Vietnam: a mattress. 

Lilith's Grandmother (so sweet!!) about to be eaten. Just kidding, it's the entrance to a temple. It's just big enough for ants to get through. 


I love this statue

Eating while doing yoga

This guy was normal looking in real life

A torture device at the school/torture center we visited. 

The school we taught at for a morning. 


Here is the killing tree I talked about in my last post. Sorry to end this post on such a down note but sometimes that happens. 

Just kidding, here's me being eaten.

Just so yall know, the temperature here averages 100 degrees a day with a 90% humidity. And where we are going tomorrow, it's only going to get worse. 

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