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!

Vietnam Day 5

Our day starts off not much different from any of the others, but I did catch some cool sunrise pics today, and then it was off to met my boys downstairs for coffee with the locals. Not quite as exciting as the previous day, but we were out in the sticks this morning, so that is only to be expected.... it was actually kind of nice not having to deal with all street vendors while we sat and enjoyed our coffee. After meeting the rest of the Team for breakfast we loaded up and headed out for Pleiku.... within a half hour of our trip, I get to do something I really wanted to do but had no clue how to pull it off.... well, it all just kind of fell into place and we spot a Vietnamese wedding about to take place. We pull off the road and with Camera in hand we walk up with Tiep, he says something to one of the parents of the couple and they welcome T1 with open arms, Literally! Their weddings are much different then ours and we basically caught the arrival of the couple at the reception which I guess is the first time everyone gets to see them.... very cool!

Ok well, really bad internet connection and this is the best I could do for pics today.... hopefully I can add to this post a little later once we get to the next city.... bare with me and keep checking back.....

Hope everyone back home in the states is doing well!

T1 out....

 They have some big bugs here!

 Texting and driving? On a motorcycle!

 This is our driver Foo, the man has nerves of steel!

 Nice Hummer in the middle of no where!

 This is what they call a Tribal or Moi.... The Vietnamese Govn't is afraid of them because they are such fierce fighters.....

 It is truly amazing to see what these people can come up with to drive and use to farm with....

And finally, I will leave you with this image, I think it was one of the best I have taken thus far.....

Talk to you all soon!