Vietnam Day 7

Today got off to an early start as Tiep got me up at 6am to go for a little walk.... Yeah.... little turned out being 8 km and most of it was in the rain, which seems to be an everyday thing here.... It was a nice way to see the city and we did stop for our morning coffee along the way, so it was nice. We also got to see the morning market here which was like nothing I have ever seen before.... We have it so easy back in the states walking into a grocery store to get everything we need.... and we complain about it.... we have no idea....

Downtown Da Lat....

The morning market.... unreal!

Fresh fish anyone?

How about chicken or beef?

 I love LA too!

 Amazing what they do with bushes here....

 One of the coolest things from our walk was this little guy at the cafe we stopped at for some coffee. I have never been this close to a monkey before and he was sooooooo freakin cool! He even let me pet him! I want one!

 After our walk, it was back to work for us as we visited a small Catholic Church & School here in Da Lat. Most of the children there have some sort disability, many of them being deaf. We watched a dragon dance with the entire school and then went to watch a performance by the deaf children, handed out blow pops and handed out a large package of writing pads that the children are in need of due to that being the main way they communicate. It was a great feeling to see all of them smiling and interacting with us, but mostly just being kids!

 These kids love the dragon dance!

 Many of the children have hearing aids but alot of don't.... it is amazing to see how happy these kids are.

 This is the group of children we spent most of our time with and after a quick group photo, they then put together a little performance for us.....

 The dance was to music and it was awesome! Then it was blow pop time!

 Point man allowed me to hand over the note pads that they had brought for the children and it was an amazing feeling....

 People here are amazed by tattoos and they have to touch them to see if they come off or not.... It is quite funny!

 Phil, Vera and one of the children from the School....

 My dad showing off pictures of his dogs from his phone.... They really liked that!

 After the church, Tiep took me to a scenic waterfall down the road from the heart of town.... we rode these cool little sled like things down this awesome roller coaster type track. It was the coolest thing ever!

 Oh yeah, and I had to go ahead and plank the small bridge over the falls.... ha!

 This is Tiep, he and I have become good friends since meeting the night we arrived in country and I will surly miss him when we leave to come home....

This last image was taken from the cafe where we had lunch after the falls and headed back to town.....

Hope you enjoyed!

T1 out!