I’m starting to realize that Ho Chi Minh City is coming to an end...We have met some really lovely people and learnt so much, I think HCMC is a place that you could easily live. The people are really friendly and they are so happy to find out where you’re from and want to know about you. They are happy to share their lives with you also. I know I will really miss this place. The first day we arrived I was pretty upset about being here, I even shed a few tears. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be like, I didn’t know how I was going to cross the busy streets, or how I was going to trust a taxi to take me to the right places or what I was going to do with the kids while Matt was studying. To think that I was going to feel so happy as I do now I wouldn’t have believed it. Now I want to stay here longer!

Now Matt has only 1 assignment and 2 lessons to do and on Friday next week it will be all over. When Matt finishes we will stay here 2 days then catch the night train to Nha Trang…we will be there for about 5 days and then we’ll catch a plane to Hanoi, then we will go to Ha Long and travel around a little and then leave for the next leg of our trip…the Philippines!

Just a little story…I love collecting odd things, I like collecting leaves and Matt likes collecting rocks. We were at an Indian eatery the other night and I was outside talking to a lady and I could see Matt holding up a spoon talking with my parents. I didn’t think much of it. The next morning Matt presented me with the spoon…it had my name engraved on it…so he bought off the owner (what a man)! I see Ashah & Alex having a very similar interest in odd things, they love keeping leaves too especially ones that fall from the sky and land in their lap…but Ash, today… we were in a supermarket and there was one tile on the floor broken and pieces of the mortar under were exposed and loose…we are walking away and Ash looks up at me and says “can I keep this” rock in hand…she held it all the way home and wanted me to put it away to keep J