Trip Report from Pham Van Nam

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31325885.post-1170149659751518162007-01-29T20:40:00.000-08:002007-01-30T01:44:33.513-08:00Trip Report from Pham Van Nam<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/622310/DSC_0024.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/726423/DSC_0024.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/357502/DSC_0216.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/136041/DSC_0216.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/558397/DSC_0209.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/380691/DSC_0209.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/618484/DSC_0160.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/618795/DSC_0160.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/77742/DSC_0184.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/142858/DSC_0184.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/1600/685023/DSC_0054.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/6552/3383/320/9286/DSC_0054.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> l have worked in two Project Vietnam medical missions, to Hai Duong and to Vinh. l really love Project Vietnam because the people in the project are very friendly and very easy going, every time l made a lot of good friends and I have a chance to work with children. Before l joined the project l didn't know that l love children and l love playing with them. They are so cute to me. This time we went to Vinh by an impressive sleeper overnight train. There were six very narrow beds in the rooms. l couldn`t sleep all that night because the train stopped and pulled the horn in every station. Finally l just dozed but the train suddenly stopped again when it arrived in Vinh, so l had to wake up and clean up to leave, even i was very tired and very sleepy. Then we get on the buses and came to Kim Lien Hotel. When we arrived at the hotel, I had to line up for the key because we have a lot of people. Finally l got the key and I went to the room and without knowing my roommate l leaped on the bed and fell asleep. l was fast asleep from 7 am until 3 pm then l take a walked around Vinh with some friends l know from project. Then the next day we went to school to work at 7AM. We came to school at the time the children are studying so i l walked around the classes to say hi to them and then we prepared to work. l worked with the survey so l had to ask a lot of questions like what kind of food do you eat and what do you drink? This work made my throat very dry but l was very happy to do it. To work with children, it makes me feel very happy and when we have a break from work, we play with them. It's amazing that all of kids like me, and the other volunteers are very funny and kind. They love to play with the kids too. After six days working around the schools in Vinh we came back to Hanoi. Some of the volunteers went for holiday then. On the next day we had a goodbye dinner at a very very nice restaurant. It was very very happy then because we could see each other again, and very very sad then because after that we will say goodbye. After dinner we said goodbye to some people and some people including me went out antil 2 AM, then we said goodbye and then l went home and took a long sleep again. I am looking forward to working with everyone again in March when we travel to the Mekong Delta.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31325885-117014965975151816?l=projectvietnam.blogspot.com'/></div>Project Vietnamnoreply@blogger.com0