Tri's take on the trip

Hey,

Alright here goes as much as I can remember.  At the island that we stayed at we just kind of hung out to  get ready for the main trip.  The next day we went to the poorest province (state)--Kien Giang.  We distributed bikes, rice, beans, candy, and toys to the kids that lived there.  They lived literally in a garbage dump.  At the Dong Thap province, we got to ride motorcycle/car vehicles called tuk-tuks.  Tuk-tuks have a lot of space so we can travel around in small areas where buses can't go.  We distributed the same things at the school there.  We mainly distributed stuff to girls. 

 

I played soccer with the kids at every province.  They didn't play with shoes and they were really good.  At the camp the kids from all the different provinces came.  We played games and sports.  Joshua and our friend, Long, caught jellyfish and put them in a bucket.  We dug a little jellyfish pool and put water and jellyfish in it.  There was not enough water and different parts of the jellyfish were sticking out of the water, which is not good for them.  Atleast 5 kids and some Vietnamese kids helped us dig out the pool and add water to it.  Our best friend, Long, can sing the best I've ever heard a 9 nine year old sing.  He does the perfect imitation of Alvin and the Chipmunks singing.  By the way, we went to a place called the Tax Market in Saigon.  We bought Alvin and the Chipmunks movie for one $. 

 

Eighty percent of the people in Vietnam rode motor scooters.  Ten percent rode bikes and ten percent rode cars.  Our family made a grown up friend named Eric.  We went to his parents' house and he let me and Joshua drive a moped!  I made it go really fast past my mom who was standing on the road.  We also went to a place called the Cao Dai temple.  Every day there are four services and they last about forty-five minutes!  At the Cu Chi tunnels we learned much about Vietnam and the amazing tunnels that they built to sneak attack the American army.  They also used the tunnels for protection and they could fit a maximum of 10,000 people in the tunnels.  We went through the tunnels and they were so small.  My dad had to squat and walk at the same time just to get through the tunnels.  Joshua loved to go extra far with the tunnel guide, who I think he liked.  By the way I ate two more bowls of pho!

 

The food both amazes and disgusts me there!  Overall though--the food was really good!  I felt really happy to help the really poor kids and it was a really good experience.  I liked the trip a lot!!  Bye,

                                                                              -Tri

 

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