1st Day in Vietnam !

Hello every one !!

So after three days in Bangkok I finally took the plane this afternoon for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam !! I arrived at 5pm and there was a group of smiling and shouting girls to welcome me, I was very touched. My host sister was also there and so we took a taxi to her home, about fifteen minutes from the airport, well located, in Phu Nhuan district (you all know where it is right ?).

The house is relatively big and the family is really nice and warm, I think I am going to enjoy my stay here very much ! After having unpacked my things, I was picked up by a "taxi driver" (not in a car but in a motorcycle !!) and he brought me to one of the intern's place, where the first meeting had already begun.

Now let me tell you about the ride : It was one of the scariest and funniest rides I had ever experienced !! Every one, but really EVERY one has a motorcycle, they are usually two people on them, but there can be three or even four (!!), a whole family on just one little motorcycle, it's juste insane ! Luckily, they don't drive too fast (about 40km/h), but the problem is : There are no rules, no signs, no speed limits, no crosswalks, and almost no red lights. It's total chaos, but they all manage - with a lot of honking - to find their way through the very dense traffic. But I must say : I was scared !

So when I finally arrived at the meeting's place, I found a group of 7 people, all very nice (two other foreign girls like me) and we had a very productive three hour long first meeting about fundraising. We will meet on next Thursday, and until then - the Vietnamese have to go to university - we have a lot of time to discover the city, I'm very excited about tomorrow already !!