Well, it's MON AM 25 March 2007 10am (!!??) and I had blogged THIS AM at 3:30AM when I could NOT sleep & went to PUBLISH IT...and LOST ALL my entry, somehow got deleted & did NOT save a draft...ugh!!!!
We are at the Hong Ngoc (which happens to be Maile's birth mother's name: Ngoc) and it's HARD KNOCKS alright!!! We may be switching rooms because our LOVELY 2 rooms suite smells like MOLD when the A/C is ON...We slept without the A/C on last night and we are ready for another shower!!!! The mattresses are hard, the hand crafted solid wood furniture is BEAUTIFUL & hard and Maile flip flopping like a jelly fish and wrapping her arm around me is a bit hard (but incredibly sweet too.) BUT, we are excited and exhausted with all the things to see/ do, anticpation of our flight & anxious for the upcoming days to be HOME (almost like when we were preparing to LEAVE for VIETNAM over 2 weeks ago!!!) What an AMAZING journey it has been!!!!
While we LOVE seeing the sights & sounds of VIETNAM, it's been a exhausting trip...soooo thankful to have the experience last year to see more of the spirit of the people, kids in the orphanages, beauty of the raw land. This trip, obviously with a beautiful & active 2 yrs. old (who is coming out of her shell!), sleepless nights and lugging an extra 20# around everywhere on the CRAZY BUSY streets dodging 100's of scooters in this 120% humidity is EXHAUSTING...BUT ONE WE WOULD NEVER TRADE FOR THE WORLD...BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE MAILE IN HAND!!!!
Just wanted to share we have SOMEHOW SAFELY made it to our LAST leg of our trip to HANOI and await the VN Consulate Interview TOMORROW (TUES!!!), pick up the VISAS on WED and head to USA late WED PM, arriving hopefully ON SCHEDULE through Korean Air from Seoul to DFW at 10AM - Thurs 29 March!!!!!
I had a "You know you are in VIETNAM" antidotes but will have to write them later. We have to clean up for today & head out now.
Until later, signing off...Ms. Saigon & Maile (Thuy Trang)
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