Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Visiting Kien An











Last Saturday, we felt adventurous and decided to take a 2.5-hour bus to Kien An to check out the school where we'll be teaching and its town. The arrows point to the two dorm rooms inside 'the cage' assigned to us by the school. We also found a nice little park with a lotus pond nearby the campus. It was very hot and humid that day (actually every day), so we couldn't do much walking. The bus ride there was also quite interesting. The bus basically picked up everyone along the way who wanted to get on, and there were little plastic stools set up in the aisle to accommodate all passengers. Not knowing the language and not being familiar with the place, we were amazed that we didn't get lost. Since Kien An is a small little town, everyone knew we were strangers and stared at us. I managed to convey to the school guard that I was a teacher there, so he let us in. We also checked out a small store in town to see what they have available so we'd know what we'll need to buy in Hanoi before we move to the school. On the ride back, we ran into a young guy from SJ (Evergreen area), who's there working with a group for the summer. What a small world!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Grace & Andy~

I'm a previous teammate of Manny, Ruth & Adrienne and Nancy F gave me the link to your blog in an email. Thanks so much for teaching in Kien An! It seems like the adventures are just beginning...!

Blessings,
~Shanna:)