Our Itinerary

We have now been in Vietnam for 2 weeks. We have one week left. Tomorrow we are going on a trip within a trip to De Lat and Mui Ne. We arranged for a private driver as we thought the long hours on the bus would be too much for the other paying customers...oh, and for the kids too!

So, stay tuned. Don't know if we'll have Internet where we're going. We'll be gone for 4 days and 3 nights and then we'll only have one more day in HCMC. Seems unbelievable that we will be leaving soon. And we still have so much to see and do! There’s so many things I want to blog about that I haven’t yet. Hopefully I’ll have time to do this later. We’ve had very little down time - it's been go, go, go! Poor Norah is trying to cope with this. The heat and the crowds really get to her – and there’s plenty of both to go around in HCMC! The people seem to love her and are constantly touching her - which she hates at the best of times. Today, a man picked her up in a store and tried to sit her on his lap. This freaked Audrey and me out a bit. He was harmless, but he didn't seem tor realize how traumatic that was for Norah. She's not enjoying the attention and will be glad to get home where the only people who touch her are friends and family! She is fabulous with Luke though - very sweet. Every night we say what we're thankful for and she says for "getting baby Luke yesterday." Ok, her time is a bit off, but her sentiment is spot on!

Norah enjoying a break at the playground

Doug and Lance went to the Cu Chi Tunnels. The rest of us indulged in a fine dinner of Kraft Dinner and tropical fruits. We went to a local market and pointed and then sampled them at home. We especially loved the "eyeballs" or Rambutans if you want to get all technical on us.

Audrey and Norah had some nail art done on their toes.

Audrey and I are getting tailor-made outfits. We are getting the exact same outfit because we both fell in love with it. We promise never to wear them at the same time! I also got a traditional Vietnamese ao dai made at another shop. In case anyone else is trying to find a place to get this done, one place is called Hoang Silk on 201 Dong Khoi St. (not too far from the Post Office) and the place Audrey and I went to is Vietnam Silk on 03 Bui Vien St., just out of our favorite alley (175) in Pham Ngu Lao. We pick up our things on Friday when we're back in HCMC. We're excited to see how they turn out!


Group shot at La Cantina (in the aforementioned alley). Last time we'll see Lance on this trip.

Looking for the gecko that scurried up the wall at the restaurant (very common at most of the places we eat)