tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33302341843508570932024-02-19T03:50:51.442-08:00Frizz ControlSoutheast Asia here I come!LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-83806792911853987272012-06-03T02:01:00.001-07:002012-06-03T02:01:30.516-07:00Nha Trang!Finally....Beach Time!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Tuesday night we boarded a sleeper bus to take us up to Nha Trang. Nine hours and very little sleep later...we arrive at our destination. Traveling by sleeper bus is definitely a cheaper way to travel in Vietnam-however it is not the most comfortable form of transportation. Even though you can recline your chair- they are incredibly hard to sleep on and allow little space to spread out on. <br />
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At least there was a beautiful sunrise to wake up to :)<br />
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Day 1: Beach time! </div>
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After scouting out some prime chairs we had our first day of R&R since the girls arrived. </div>
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Day 2: We rented two motorbikes to drive up to Ba Ho waterfalls. Kudos to the girls for handling a bike with ease. Jess stepped up to the plate and drove their bike (I still am not able to drive one even after living here for almost a year..oops) </div>
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The falls were just outside of the city and took us about an hour to drive there, the scenery was breathtaking. </div>
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On the way we saw some local boys jumping into a nearby river and I took the chance to take some pictures. The boys were excited to have their photo taken and gave me lots of material to work with. </div>
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Once we parked our newly rented motorbikes we hiked about 45 minutes to get to the actual waterfalls. <br />
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After hiking in the hot and humid weather the prospect of jumping into the
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After swimming for a while we drove back to the beautiful city of Nha Trang. I wish we could have had more time in this fun beach destination.<br />
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LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-3219048455705103242012-06-03T01:09:00.001-07:002012-06-03T01:09:10.150-07:00Cao Dai Temple and Cu Chi Round 2After a day of shopping and eating with the girls we decided to take them on a day trip to see the Cu Chi Tunnels and Cao Dai temple.<br />
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Caodaiism is a religion that was developed in Southern Vietnam in 1926. The religion encompasses various different beliefs- like yin and yang, heaven and hell, God and Buddha. The large temple is magnificent with a beautiful ceiling painted like a vault of heaven featuring clouds and intertwining stars. <br />
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At 12pm they allow tourists to watch the devotees sing a hymn and prayer.<br />
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After lunch we arrived at The Cu Chi tunnels again. :)<br />
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Lauren <br />LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-10605717363066890162012-05-30T00:43:00.000-07:002012-05-30T00:43:32.774-07:00Girls VISIT! xo tourTwo of my best friends, Jessica and Shelly, flew all the way out here to visit me which made me ecstatic. They managed to get 10+ days off work so that I could show them around the country that I have been living in since July. <br />
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Knowing that I wanted to get them on the back of a motorbike their first night in Ho Chi Minh City, I arranged for us to go on a tour called XO Tours. The company has one female motorbike driver for each tourist and they take you all around the city to try various authentic Vietnamese food. It was a blast! <br />
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Food we ate included: Bun BO Nam Bo (a beef-noodle soup I frequently eat that work usually provides me for dinner) <br />
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Then we got try FROG and Goat :)<br />
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Finally- lots of shellfish and crab (I am the only who tried the food here since Shelly and Andy don't eat seafood, and Jess is allergic to shellfish) We were a hard group to please :) Luckily, they supplied us with all the beer we could drink.<br />
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Once the tour was over and we couldn't stuff any more food in our mouths it was time for KARAOKE!!!!!<br />
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Love,<br />
LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-42198292100283153812012-02-14T03:07:00.000-08:002012-02-14T03:07:37.881-08:00Temples Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Bali is known as the island of a thousand temples. In truth there are many more than that, every family has a temple in their “home compound” as well as their town or neighborhood. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Andy and I decided to skip the tour this time and rent our own motorbike to go on the adventure. The man who rented us the motorbike for the day also provided us with a map. He marked relatively easy to find temples along a main highway stretch. We set off and found the first one within 20 minutes of our journey. After donning some pretty awesome SARONGS we were off to see the temple. </div><br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Goa Gajah actually means elephant cave and was built in the 9<sup>th</sup> century as a sanctuary. The entrance to the cave supposedly looks like an elephant but I think it looks more like an evil monkey man. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Once inside the cave you can pray to the three main Hindu deities: Brahma: the creator, Vishnu- the preserver or protector and to Shiva: the destroyer or judge. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Outside the cave was a holy bathing area made to ward off evil spirits, and tourists are allowed to wash their hands and face in the water. </div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">There were also many large Buddhist statues that stood in ruins after an earthquake in the early 1900’s. The ruins now are covered with moss and are surrounded by water from a nearby waterfall. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Many large trees are considered sacred here (you know this by seeing the checkered sarong wrapped around the base of the tree) and Andy and I were able to take an awkward family photo by one of them <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Smoking is bad for you monkey!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how close you could get to the monkeys! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Just a 10 minute walk from our hotel was the <a href="http://www.monkeyforestubud.com/index.php">Sacred Monkey Forest</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The immense forest had no gates or enclosures for the monkeys and they were able to go wherever they wanted. The unbounded monkeys could come up and take food right out of your hands, or even your sunglasses off your head if you were not careful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cute Family. </div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I noticed that the monkeys with babies were extra protective and would bare their teeth at you if you were too close. I am so use to seeing monkeys confined, having that perimeter between us always made me feel safe and comfortable. However having them so close to me I felt a little nervous that they would bite me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Luckily we were not molested by any monkeys on our trip :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Love from the monkeys, Andy, and Lauren!LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-35766118367170022822012-02-09T05:08:00.000-08:002012-02-09T05:08:27.141-08:00UBUDEat. Pray. <strike>Love</strike>. Ubud <br />
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Elisabeth Gilbert did more than transform her life in her book.....she transformed Ubud, Bali. Maybe even tourism for single women as well. Her wildly acclaimed book drew women from all over the world to the three places she visited in her book (Italy, India, and Bali) but from what I could see- they seemed to linger here.<br />
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I was instantly drawn to this place. Lush green moss covered the hundreds of temples we passed. Every door was exquisitely carved and so ornate I couldn't help but to say "oh my god I love that door" every five minutes. Quiet streets were lined with boutiques selling organic soaps, crystals and yoga get up. Coffee shops were bustling with people who were either grabbing their soy lattes to go or sitting for hours on plush cushions using their Mac computers. Andy was a little disgusted, but I was in love. There was a Starbucks. <br />
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The drive was about an hour from Kuta to Ubud. We took a "bus" but by bus they shoved 6 of us with all of our luggage into a 5 seater van. It was uncomfortable to say the least. Once we arrived a really nice Balinese man helped us with our luggage and escorted us to his guesthouse. Bellow is the view from our room:<br />
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Isn't this a beautiful rooster? Yes it is, until 2am rolls around and THEY ARE STILL CROWING!??? Ubud was filled with roosters and ALL of them insist on crowing ALL night long. It was difficult to get a good nights sleep- once one rooster would go they all would start to pitch in, then the dogs would howl and it was just a bunch of pathetic sounding commotion outside our window at all hours. <br />
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Funerals are a huge thing here. They involve a parade and a public cremation of the body! We saw a few different parades but were never around at the right moment to see the cremation. The traditional wear for men is a long white button up shirt and white cap with a checkered sarong. The women wear the most beautiful outfits- they do a lot of hand made lace here and their outfits feature the fabric on top with a long skirt on the bottom.<br />
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More Ubud Posts to come! <br />
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LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-35637825557295424592012-02-06T08:01:00.000-08:002012-02-06T08:01:49.410-08:00Bali! A few days in KutaAfter a restless night of sleep at the poster hotel in Jakarta, we jumped on a three hour flight to Bali. We landed in Denpsar and took a cab to the nearby beach of- KUTA!<br />
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We found a hotel that had a pool, hot water, free breakfast and AIR CONDITIONING (luxurious I know) for $18 dollars a night. The only downside was a weird mold formation on one of our walls- but we were practically never in the room so we settled on these accommodations.<br />
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Kuta is a wonderful place, but it was a little overwhelming. Surfers, tourists and locals crowd the streets that are lined with stores and open air markets. They were selling everything from cheap tie dye dresses to knock of sunglasses to bracelets and BINTANG Towels (the countries export beer logo). Most of the Balinese people spoke English very well, were friendly and happy to give directions or exchange a smile with even if you were not going to buy anything from them.<br />
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Our day at the beach unfortunately was over cast. So I made the best of it by supporting the economy and local business. I was the most popular lady at the beach, while getting a massage I was also getting a henna tattoo and buying bracelets. At one point a woman came up and tried to give me a pedicure (this was day 2 of our trip, so I had obviously just gotten a pedicure two days before) I had to literally pry her hands off my feet to turn her down. :( Poor lady.<br />
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Andy chose a shark for his tat- and I a SICK dragon in light of the new year ahead. GO 2012!<br />
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Love, <br />
LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-13396876536512292342012-02-06T07:27:00.000-08:002012-02-06T07:27:03.677-08:00Bali Bound! Overnight in a Jakarta HotelBALI BOUND!<br />
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We flew Air Asia to Jakarta on Thursday, January 19th 2012. Being a budget airline- of course we expected to have some extra charges, BUT the things they ended up charging for were ridiculous!<br />
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Oh you have a bag to check? Yes, that will be $20 dollars.<br />
Oh you're going to Indonesia? Yes, you have to pay an additional tax fee.<br />
During the flight- Oh you are thirsty and would like a water? No, we do not accept Vietnamese currency on the flight ma'am. I am sorry, you will just have to ask this man sitting next to you to spot you the change for a water........on a 3 hour flight.<br />
REALLY????!!!?!?!??!?!?! Come on Air Asia- at least let me have a glass of water for free. <br />
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We arrived at 11pm and had booked a hotel for the night that marketed itself to be an "airport hotel" that included a airport shuttle. Upon arrival we quickly learned that you have to book the shuttle in advance, and it is not included in the price of the room. Great, and we learned that the hotel was also not next to the airport, but almost 40 minutes away. Cool...<br />
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However we did receive a free breakfast and the hotel was decorated with these awesome pictures all around the halls. . . .<br />
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Andy and some cute kittens. <br />
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Not featured: A poster of ninja turtles.<br />
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Maybe this hotel needs a new interior decorator, although the posters were funny and uplifting :)<br />
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Tomorrow- Off to BAli!LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-33709791809185310972012-02-04T02:12:00.000-08:002012-02-04T02:12:23.881-08:00Pre Tet in Vietnam!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2BsvkY0Kqx0LPVP-mMg9CJLsHwsqVnC8e-orp5sYHGep-CR_P4dALdi3Zad17IO-r3efRHF0OjKG3eS-9ABpCU1DDW1ArjuQVyRktyQwVuyGPw9x7xPAdcc82DWw7wRi2HYfZwOpb7BB/s1600/IMG_1670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2BsvkY0Kqx0LPVP-mMg9CJLsHwsqVnC8e-orp5sYHGep-CR_P4dALdi3Zad17IO-r3efRHF0OjKG3eS-9ABpCU1DDW1ArjuQVyRktyQwVuyGPw9x7xPAdcc82DWw7wRi2HYfZwOpb7BB/s320/IMG_1670.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
As I said in an earlier blog post, Andy and I were only allowed a day and a half off from work for Christmas- so needless to say we were super excited to have two whole weeks off for the Chinese New Year Tet. Prior to our big trip to Indonesia Andy and I made sure to do some fun things around Vietnam.<br />
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Right after New Years we had a couple of days off so we took a fast boat to the beach at Vung Tau. The boat ride was only an hour long and before we knew it we were at one of the most popular beach vacation destinations for the local Vietnamese people. Weekends are supposedly packed- but we were there on a Tuesday night and it seemed that we were the only tourists in town. It was nice to get out of the city and it was SO close- but I am not too sure how much Andy and I want to go back to visit the beach at Vung Tau. <i>The <b>ABOVE</b> picture is a statue over looking the ocean atop a huge hill. </i><br />
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One Friday night we both MIRACULOUSLY had the night off- so we decided to go see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_puppetry">the Water Puppet Show</a>! It had great reviews on trip adviser and we need to do more crazy things around the city so this was a good opportunity. It was magical! The above picture is of Andy posing with a large statue of a puppet after the show. <br />
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Anyone who comes to visit us needs to go to the show. Water puppets dance above the water (we still do not know how they were controlled by the puppeteers) while a band plays traditional Vietnamese songs and speaks for the puppets. <br />
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Traditional Vietnamese food made in preparation for Tet!<br />
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My Teachers Assistant Sue (she graciously lets me call her by her English name because her Vietnamese name starts with NG. This is one of the hardest things to pronounce without sounding like I am mentally challenged) came over to teach me how to cook a traditional meal. And by teach me how to cook- I REALLY MEAN she did all the prep work at home and came over to cook it at our house. I was given the task of stirring. :) <br />
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This dish was made with chives, corn, dried squid, and some kind of meat.<br />
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Andy loved it until he found out that one of the ingredients was dried squid... you couldn't even taste it! I really liked it- the corn made it sweet.<br />
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This dish is a sticky rice that Sue told me takes over night to make! She says its a tradition for family members to stay up all night and trade off who watches the rice. It is then wrapped in banana leaves and must be eaten once you unwrap it. It then can be fried (the main piece in the picture) or can be eaten cold (the smaller piece on the right) <br />
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Yummay. But I don't know how much I could disturb my beauty sleep in order to make a dish. I thought a turkey on Thanksgiving was bad!<br />
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Thanks Sue! <br />
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Next post- BALI!!!!!!!<br />
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LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-9529399994831990122012-01-17T01:07:00.000-08:002012-01-17T01:11:14.685-08:00A Very Mui Ne Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas! HAPPY NEW YEAR!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Christmas eve, after we finished morning classes (vus only gave us Christmas Eve NIGHT and Christmas off :( sad. ) we jumped on a bus to go to the beach at Mui Ne. Our roommates Joel and Annette accompanied us on this fun adventure. The night we got there we went to dinner- ate some PHO and went to bed so we could get up early and do a tour on Christmas day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The four of us rented a jeep for the afternoon for $10 dollars a person and were driven around by a man who spoke zero English. This could have been a disaster- wanting to know more information about the place you are visiting is often a key element in the tour. However, this was not that kind of tour. It was actually very nice that this man didn't talk to us at all during our bumpy and windy drive to the sand dunes, fairy springs, and to a fishing village. Sometimes its nice to not have all the quirky little comments that these Vietnamese guys tend to say. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Annette and I were brave enough to rent a quad for 20 minutes, the boys decided it wasn't worth the extra few dollars since they were "crappy ones" as Andy put it. Crappy or not, I had a great time tearin up the sand dunes. Annette even lost her shoe along the ride but her expert driver was able to retrace tracks and find the missing toms shoe.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Andy snapped this photo of me- I have had mixed reviews on facebook saying: </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Looks like you're stuck in peanut butter"-KCD</div><div style="text-align: center;">"in your picture you look like you're sitting in some curry. Against your red hair the effect is stunning. gotta go- bye my curry fried lentil"-ChrisBob</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I want to sit on a mountain of sand"-JenPatino</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Surely not Vietnam- is this in Australia?"-Sophie E :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To answer all the facebook messages- Yep its a perfect soft sand mountain I'm sitting on, in Mui Ne. Not even close to the texture of curry or peanut butter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">WINDY! :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cute photo of Joel, Annette, and Andy after we were finished playing in the sand.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">It was really nice to be away from the city where there were lots of Christmas lights reminding us of the holiday we were missing back home. I get so sad not being home for Christmas that I tend to just like to forget its happening. I banned xmas music in our room, and we did not have any decorations in the house. The beach and hot weather were exactly what I needed. This cute Christmas tree was the only decoration at the hotel.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love and Miss you all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lauren </div>LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-17822928777868130862011-12-28T21:02:00.000-08:002011-12-28T21:02:39.200-08:00Happy Teachers Day!National Teachers Day is November 21st every year. Yes this blog post is about a month late. Opps.<br />
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Its really cool that they celebrate teachers here- our school threw a HUGE party at The Intercontinental Saigon and gave us new book bags. Sweet. My roommate Brayden, and some friends from school took part in the extravagant dance performance. Andy and I had just gotten back from Phu Quoc that morning and were able to rush over to see the performance....but unfortunately not be in it. <br />
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Our students gave us cards, and flowers! So cute. One of my teenagers actually drew me a beautiful picture, it was obvious that she spent some time on it and it is now hanging on our wall of fun pictures :)<br />
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These are only MY books- Andy has just as many if not more........ thank god for wicker magazine holders.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week Andy and I went to the Zoo. Located in the heart of downtown, it was a very relaxing and shady place to spend the afternoon. For 8,000 VND each (or $.50) we could wander around the zoo all afternoon taking pictures and.........TOUCHING THE ANIMALS! The rules of what you can do at the zoo are very lax and it was a whole new experience being so close and open to the animals. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(The above picture is the trashcans placed all over....so cute! If only they could place these around the city????) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">At the giraffe section of the zoo there was a raised platform so that people could walk up and be eye to eye with giraffes! At first Andy an I went up and they were far away. But after only a few moments of standing there this guy came up and was so close I could pet it. Getting ready for a photo opp quick I turned to smile at the camera. Andy was able to get a cute picture RIGHT before the giraffe then swung its neck and head butted my arm. Ow. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Who knew giraffes were so angry. Andy yelled at me to come back over towards him quick while I was still in shock from being hit from this cute animal. Andy and I watched from afar while other people came up and tried to pet it. Finally one older man came up and when the giraffe started to headbutt- he just grabbed its horn things and started roughly rubbing them. This giraffe whisperer told us "THEY just like their horns rubbed." Well maybe thats what he wanted but did he have to HEADBUTT ME!???? (and ps how did this guy know that? ) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here is Andy a safe distance from the BEAST! He told me about this video on youtube that showed Giraffes fighting with their large powerful necks- check it out:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HCIGFdBt8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HCIGFdBt8</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">No they did not let you touch the snakes :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHjn6E0qavqbhIflVU9zW8Sa1OLCD8LBbFKPdB8zbGmrN_4Kef1XPFBBt9vmgbsf27kau5ch5hbKkxX6hzztrIpB2cYohuq_BqmIktSWTsjQEM3418z8AmX5SR4u48W6o2CruXl8eEIrB/s1600/IMG_1115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHjn6E0qavqbhIflVU9zW8Sa1OLCD8LBbFKPdB8zbGmrN_4Kef1XPFBBt9vmgbsf27kau5ch5hbKkxX6hzztrIpB2cYohuq_BqmIktSWTsjQEM3418z8AmX5SR4u48W6o2CruXl8eEIrB/s320/IMG_1115.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">HOWEVER- they did let you feed the Elephants from a safe distance. Next time I will be sure to bring some kind of food to give them :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So at this zoo, the lions and tigers were behind iron gates so it was not the best photo opportunity. </div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT the white tiger was in a glass or plastic cage. It was just going to lay down when I approached the cage to get a picture. The instant I came in sight of the glass it ran towards me and jumped up to show me its large teeth! IT was the craziest experience, being at the zoo people always try to get a rise out of the animals to get them to do more than just lay around. But this time all I did was walk up towards it! More people ran over to take a picture and to get it to growl at them...but the entire time it was clear that the tiger just wanted to eat me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe it doesn't like red heads.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I am now trying a new thing where I will put the pictures Andy and I take on PHOTOBUCKET and that way you can see all the pictures we take. There are a lot. Here is the zoo album, I will be sure to post more in the near future!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Andy and I finally took some time off work and jumped on a flight down to Phu Quoc Island Vietnam. The flight only took 40 minutes to get there and the take off from Ho Chi Minh City was the best part. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The trip was exactly what I needed- we spent the week relaxing on the beach, exploring the island via motorbike (we found a cool waterfall and almost deserted beach) and one day we even did a tour and went snorkeling and fishing. My favorite part of the trip was the fabulous massage ladies on the beach that charged $5 dollars for an hour long massage.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Love</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lauren</div>LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-56522861920716831972011-11-12T07:20:00.000-08:002011-11-12T07:20:28.179-08:00Parks and Recreation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andy and I have been living here for more than 3 months already! Where has the time gone? We are about to embark on our first vacation! *Yes it seems like my life is a vacation. BUT I work 6 days a week and my only night off is spent thinking about students because I have a class at 745am the next day. SO this is our first time taking time off work and we will be spending 5 nights on the fabulous PHU QUOC~ an island south of Vietnam that is so close to Cambodia people with normal vision can see it! (another story to come later about my failed eye test at the medical check) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We leave tomorrow right after class and will be staying on the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad the forecast is thunderstorms with a chance of unrelenting downpour. Here are some pictures from the other day, we went to a park near one of my campuses that has lots of pretty trees and people doing recreational Communist things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The park was filled with recreational dancers maybe I should join a group- Hodgie Joe would be proud. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You cannot sit on the grass. Walk on the grass. Or be near the grass in these parks. But the pigeons have really nice bird houses. Blows my mind. </div><br />
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Next blog will be featuring a new fun place! Get excited.<br />
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Missing Home, Halloween Candy and our friends and family,<br />
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Lauren and AndyLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-9897468945355749822011-11-09T01:37:00.000-08:002011-11-09T01:37:12.462-08:00Teacher! TEACHER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are adorable right? Cute but hard to teach English to. One of Andy's students around this age pooped his pants in class the other day hahahaha they had to evacuate class :) </div><br />
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Teacher LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-56853227635304396042011-11-09T01:07:00.000-08:002011-11-09T01:07:44.008-08:00Happy wOmAns Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZISsUUFP_z4I020Tqs6PFQaxOXPDFNvsqs6sw_d4_HmekTJHDVpIbuqkD_WfEeg_E3_WyhcPJQ3bYXxpDwMxGdlPhoFuR2WkgPlI3jZy1YUnpVmCbtHYH4kPTwGVTnQPBgoVCQQTs-jU/s1600/IMG_0879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZISsUUFP_z4I020Tqs6PFQaxOXPDFNvsqs6sw_d4_HmekTJHDVpIbuqkD_WfEeg_E3_WyhcPJQ3bYXxpDwMxGdlPhoFuR2WkgPlI3jZy1YUnpVmCbtHYH4kPTwGVTnQPBgoVCQQTs-jU/s320/IMG_0879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> Here in this fabulous country they have an entire day dedicated to women! Not just moms- WOMEN! My perfect boyfriend even bought me flowers that said Happy Women's Day :) My class went out to a cafe on break and all the men bought the women's coffee :) Good Job Vietnam.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">........To bad in the country I come from everyday is my day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I love this picture because Andy hates coffee so much and when I asked him to hold mine for a second so I could get out the camera he took a sip of it and made the most disgusted face like he had never tried it before.<br />
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This is right behind Notre Dame Cathedral right when the light turned green. Yes it looks like a race- because it is :)<br />
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This is a cool park we found where people take a break from the city and sit on the water and have snacks :)<br />
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It's also a very couple-y thing to do.<br />
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I would hate to have this guys job directing TRAFFIC!<br />
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Love,<br />
LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-1003155890971512072011-09-25T22:41:00.000-07:002011-09-25T22:41:13.103-07:00Dinner At Jackie's (Our Tour Guide)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Adam with "10 DOLLA" man- who sells only one item on Bui Vien. Once he's sold that he appears with a new pair of sunglasses or a watch. This time he didn't have anything and I know that he's just "selling" these items as a front and he really just gets drunk all day long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">SOoOo- As I said during our tour of the CU Chi tunnels, JACKIE our tour guide asked us to come to dinner. He got his name during the War when Americans told him he looked like Jackie Chan. During our tour he said that he would be telling us about the war because we were on a tour that was in fact about the war, but he never talked to his wife about the war. When he invited us to go to his house for dinner I assumed that his wife would be making some kind of Vietnamese food and he mentioned singing Karaoke. Andy had to work so Adam Annette and I went to Jackie's house for a nice night of karaoke. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> He only listens to Johnny Cash and Michael Jackson. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I am so happy that your Karaoke Machine only played Vietnamese songs so I didn't have to sing :)LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-87392885211027649502011-09-25T22:04:00.000-07:002011-09-25T22:04:35.153-07:00MEKONG DELTA DAY with adam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0guOiFQAMSmL1RuRJx1R3tjM0wkkemLwBWLESfqCvSZ52jiWl03t2fBLuaXAQh9UwXZsN4065rmEIj-YIhpcMEc6b6LPo0zqaAbS0vKfb1vup5DGrh5Z7fKK7hvRIsCu6kCzjbyCQ25a/s1600/IMG_1259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0guOiFQAMSmL1RuRJx1R3tjM0wkkemLwBWLESfqCvSZ52jiWl03t2fBLuaXAQh9UwXZsN4065rmEIj-YIhpcMEc6b6LPo0zqaAbS0vKfb1vup5DGrh5Z7fKK7hvRIsCu6kCzjbyCQ25a/s320/IMG_1259.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
During our day off we took a bus to the Mekong Delta and did a little day trip. We did see some of the mekong when we were in Cambodia, but this was our first experience actually spending time there. I think it would be soooo cool to take a boat up to Lao or to Cambodia again and actually get to travel on it :)<br />
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EWWW Large Snake. Andy and Adam were manly enough to hold this baby. I tried to get next to Andy for a picture and ran away like a little girl. Im sad I didn't get a picture with it and do a "Brittany Spears" pose holding it......<br />
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We got to try alot of exotic fruit, I know ive mentioned this before, but I LOVE the fun fruit here :)<br />
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It was really neat riding a canoe under the coconut trees. It was really relaxing just hanging out while these two little Vietnamese women did all the work. Adam and Andy expressed regret not being able to help or do it themselves. And I was just thinking how happy I was to not have to figure out how to paddle. (Brittany I had a flashback to our Panama Canal Canoe experience..........god we were awful!)<br />
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I asked this old man for life advice. He didn't speak any English but I'm pretty sure what he said was that I was going to have a long wonderful life :)LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-88668337906057065782011-09-23T07:51:00.000-07:002011-09-23T07:51:32.438-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Andy got some new work shirts, a fun Tshirt, sunglasses and A HELICOPTER.......</div><div style="text-align: center;">He liked the the helicopter the best :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love you :) </div>LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-72560405604820710452011-09-19T09:39:00.000-07:002011-09-19T09:39:27.048-07:00Cu CHI Tunnel Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CU Chi Tunnels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So about an hour outside of HCMC is a place called Cu Chi. In the 1940's Vietnam was at war with the French and they started building a network of underground tunnels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Adam in one of the tunnel openings they would use to surprise soldiers.<br />
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Andy really didnt like the tunnels, feeling a little claustrophobic the whole way through I opted on getting out early as well<br />
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BEST PART OF THE DAY: We all got to shoot an AK47!<br />
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Love,<br />
LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-37418366581195064862011-09-19T09:14:00.000-07:002011-09-19T09:14:38.867-07:00Adam in VIETNAM!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgBlv5W9kiIlvFEtO_xI1CpoYWkq3hgzmLj_1fQyjT3lKzDlc9YAswwMxBvFBH4njjNeL5tezLAhktF9sgfU-IKK2KdfURgO8TV75-n_Jfglt8pDJBrFJkGfQ2-gkWeQF5xjkHHjEUqfC/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgBlv5W9kiIlvFEtO_xI1CpoYWkq3hgzmLj_1fQyjT3lKzDlc9YAswwMxBvFBH4njjNeL5tezLAhktF9sgfU-IKK2KdfURgO8TV75-n_Jfglt8pDJBrFJkGfQ2-gkWeQF5xjkHHjEUqfC/s320/IMG_1231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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One of Andy's best friends came to visit us! Adam is from Arizona, but currently lives in Abu Dhabi working for the U.S. Embassy. He had a vacation and went to Thailand and then stopped over to see us :)<br />
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It was so much fun having someone from home come visit, we were able to show him what we do on a daily basis and where we work and he even stayed in our guest bedroom! Unfortunately....our guest bedroom does not have a bed yet, so he was a trooper and slept on the floor on some pads :)<br />
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Monday- He flew in from Bangkok and we had lunch at one of our favorite cheap street eats and heard about his crazy Thai adventures over a few cold ones.<br />
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He was in need of a new pair of sandals (his were stolen at a beach party in Thailand) so we brought him to Bin Than Market to haggle $5 dollar sandals down to $2. Adam is actually really good at bargaining, I need to learn a few tips from him, I break too easy. He also scored this hip hat :)<br />
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Andy and I had to teach from 630 to 930, but were then able to show him some Saigon night life afterwards :)<br />
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LaurenLGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-52355428520397233152011-08-28T22:37:00.000-07:002011-08-28T22:37:38.524-07:00Dalat Day 2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorry for the delay! Andy and I have been busy starting our first week of work last week! We are both teaching many different aged vietnamese people. At the moment I am only teaching teens and adults. Andy however is teaching little kids (ages 3-6) on Saturday mornings. The first class he ever went to a little girl looked up at him and started balling immediately. Of course he had her smiling by the end of class :) He also teaches teenagers and adults during the week, but has more hours than I do. Right now I am working around 15 hours but still trying to get a few more classes, while Andy teaches 25 hours! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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We were also able to visit the Valley of Love that was full of cheesy things for couples to do. We had a third wheel with us so Andy and I did not really partake in any of the swan boats on the romantic man made lake.<br />
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However we were able to take a few fun photos :)<br />
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The day also featured going to a silk embroidery museum, a waterfall, and to a strawberry jam tasting. I wish I could have taken photos of the amazing work done by these women at the silk embroidery museum but it was forbidden!<br />
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At the edge of town there was a HUGE gold buddha that was really cool :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh yeah and just to mention we stayed at the WORST hotel ever. The staff was soo unfriendly (maybe it was because NO ONE spoke a word of English, well of course the word No....which is the worst word to ever say to a guest if you are in the hospitality industry). This is the one picture I got a the silk embroidery museum because it was in the gift shop and it displayed my feeling towards the unknown name hotel. </div><br />
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LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-57394557604123067222011-08-11T02:19:00.000-07:002011-08-11T02:19:32.840-07:00Da Lat Day 1!Hello Family and Friends!<br />
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After graduating, a few of us (Andy, Brayden and myself) decided to take a little trip off to somewhere cool in Vietnam. We were waiting to hear back from a school about interviews, and were not able to move into our house until Friday Aug 5th and this was the perfect time to travel a bit. SO we walked up to one of the hundreds of tour offices available in our area and looked at the large map of places to go and things to do in Vietnam. Our original plan was to go up to Nha Trang, but due to a large storm hitting us at the time, it looked like going to the beach was not in our best interests. Not as far north on the map was a picture of waterfalls and trees, this place was called Da Lat.....WHY NOT?<br />
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We booked a one way bus leaving the next morning at 715 am, a hotel for a few nights and a country tour for the next day. I was really interested in an elephant tour and we were about to purchase this for day 2 but noticed the fine print at the bottom saying <i>Tour Does NOT include Elephant Ride... </i>well sorry but no thanks...I want to not only ride an elephant but bathe it and feed it. Ill wait til we go to Thailand.<br />
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Aug 1st 2011 Da Lat here we come! The bus was actually comfortable and the 7 hour ride was not so bad with the beautiful scenery to look at. Da Lat is called the "City of eternal spring" and a popular destination for Vietnamese tourists and couples going on their honeymoon. It is located 4,900ft above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau. The temperature was a very nice change to the hot we were use to, and at night I even needed a sweatshirt! During the 1890's french explorers wanted to create a resort center in the highlands. There were golf courses, parks, boarding schools, and homes but no industry in Da Lat. During the Vietnam war Da lat was held by the south. French villas, boulevards and swiss influence are still there today. Strawberry jam, artichoke tea, hydrangea's and wine are all produced here and are kind of special to the area. Something else kind of special, almost no one here speaks English. ESPECIALLY not our receptionists at our hotel. Oh man...........<br />
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This video highlights our first tour of the country! Enjoy :)<br />
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LGGannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07178737490986261610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330234184350857093.post-3890826845352647342011-07-31T04:19:00.000-07:002011-07-31T04:19:13.166-07:00FOOD so far:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SO far the food has been a major improvement from the food we were eating in Cambodia. Its all really fresh and yummy :) And CHEAP! Which is awesome because I have no money and having a meal for about 30,000 dong is standard (a dollar and 50 cents) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for fast food and chain restaurants here: THey have KFC, PIzza Hut and Subway. BUT we have not tried yet! I know right...but Andy and I have fallen in love with this Doner Kebab Sandwich that we eat once a day lol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Banh Xieo- A ummy thing that you wrap up in the lettuce and dip in fish sauce. (weird yeah but delicious) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqOHlu3p5KJQ5R6E6oHHTCtmtMb4KfVIFYBjXtVa1wc0omACaQFRmu3xdur6TAyYDvptKG_xPt_WlAaSvMZEW2xxTZWCFnZajA7MLL5Chajx0D1M0LYZAw4lSvX5jT0BqKLtxYmif4QIg/s1600/IMG_0914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqOHlu3p5KJQ5R6E6oHHTCtmtMb4KfVIFYBjXtVa1wc0omACaQFRmu3xdur6TAyYDvptKG_xPt_WlAaSvMZEW2xxTZWCFnZajA7MLL5Chajx0D1M0LYZAw4lSvX5jT0BqKLtxYmif4QIg/s320/IMG_0914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Step one- Order what kind you want I like shrimp<br />
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Step 3: FISH SAUCE<br />
Step 4: EAT Delicious Ricepaper banh Xieo.<br />
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