We wrapped up our work in Kien Giang, packed our numerous bags of supplies, loaded the bus and headed out for the province of Dong Thap on Tuesday March 25th (I think). We left at 4:00pm and 5 hours and two ferry rides later we arrived.
The kids were enjoying the ride, being silly, singing songs until it got late and we had to get off the bus two times, walk through crowded markets and onto the ferry, cross, walk and re board the bus. It got tiresome. The sights along the way were fascinating. Life revolves around the Mekong delta, the homes are built on stilts hanging over the river. All aspects of life get done in the river. Food and water come from the river and human waste is deposited into the river, and bathing is done in the river - yes people, the SAME river. AND, the Mississippi is clean compared to this water!
Ooops, don't know how this got in but this is a group waiting to be seen by our medical team.
The kids had a day off of work today and were taken to a beach. Evidently, it is a rare sight for people in this area to see 8 white adults with 25 predominately Vietnamese kids spending a day at the beach. From the moment the group arrived, they were followed by locals who watched their every move, the watched them eat, watched them swim and watched them play and of course in true Vietnamese style the laughed at everything. A good time was had by all, well all on that team anyway, the rest of us were busy at work!
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