What I've learned So Far
Alright, this is a small fraction of everything that I have found out since coming here in January.
How long is the plane ride?
~ About 18 hours or so. My advice? Music, and sleep.
What kind of money do they use in Veit Nam?
~Dong. There are about 16000 dong to one US dollar.
What side of the road do they drive on?
~Both. The number on erule of traffic to remember in Viet Nam is: The bikes will swerve to avoid you. The cars will run you over and not look back.
What's the time difference?
~ Twelve hours exactly. This makes calculating WV time easy. Good for phone calling purposes.
What kinds of foods do they eat?
~A lot of rice. There are no Reese's to be found. Anywhere. Pizza Hut is new, so that's the hot place to be on weekends. Unfortunaltely, it's very expensive.
What else?
~ You can buy pirated DVD's for like, one US dollar
~Motorbikes are FUNFUNFUN!!
~Uuuhh...that's all I can think of, but trust me, there's lots more. I have learned an unbelievable amount. You wouldn't even believe it.
posted by Hillary @ 10:10 PM
2 Comments:
Hilly,
My students want to know how you've come up w/18 hours travel time. They calculated much higher. Did you include all 3 parts of the journey? WV to Calif., then Calif. to Taipei, Taipei to Ho Chi Minh City? We suggest you return to 3rd grade math!
We want to understand more about the ding-dongs...or whateverthey are. We don't get it???
We want to know about the traffic. Are there yellow and white lines on the road, like here? Are there police? Do they enforce the traffic laws like they do here? It doesn't seem like it! Which side of the road do YOU ride your bike on? (w/ your helmet, naturally!!)
What??? NO REECES?! We all love them!! What kind of candy do you have? How about Snickers, Kit-Kats, 3 Musketeers? What kind of restaurants do you go to?
We'll await your responses. Thanks.
Roy-boy, Ryan, Heather, Avry Jo, Paul, and Ms. Crum
deprived of Reese's?!....sad.....pirated dvd's?!...scandalous...i wish we had a fun name to call our money like dong...and whoa man i'd go crazy 18 hours on a plane.. oh that reminds me, how was that book you were saving to read for the plane ride?
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