Our Time in Ben Tre

 Dancing with the Kids

 Ca Lookin Classy

 The House We Built

 The Brady Bunch on a Train (6 people packed into a closet for 20 hours...yes)

 Riding Across "Phoenix Island"

 Dinner

 Not My Thing...

Last Day at the School

You Know You've Been in Vietnam for 2 Months When...

•  You’re excited when there’s toilet paper
• Speaking of toilet paper, it’s a treat when there is a squatter rather than just a whole in the ground
• You don’t look twice at that one motorbike piled with 5 people, 2 live chickens, 1 pig, and a couple of bamboo mats
• You feel like something’s missing when a  fish or chicken head isn’t in dinner’s soup
• You're hotel might also sideline as a brothel 
• Stripes and poka dots together doens't seem so off anymore
• You have started measuring things in cement bags ex: “I’m so hungry I could eat 2 cement bags full of rice!”
• You're use to the restaurants doubling as the family's living room
• Your hair has yet to come out of a braid or ponytail
• You might not like the stench of the market, but now you can at least tell the difference between some of the smells-squid, dried shrimp, durian, raw meat, fish
• Last night you dreamed of eating a hamburger (with peanuts and salmon on top?), and the night before, a Chipolte burrito.  Turns out malaria pills give you weird dreams, and we are all craving American food
• You have replaced your morning makeup with a bucket of sunscreen and insect repellent
• A lizard falls from the sky onto your arm as you’re eating your rice (just happened to me!)
• Your conversations include all the American food you are going to eat when you get back
• One minute there’s a caged live chicken in front of the restaurant, and after you order, the chicken is gone
• You’ve taken a nap 2 feet from a national highway
• You haven’t been on Facebook once
• You’re use to the “more than occasional” lizard or cockroach hanging around in your room
• You’re confused when there’s no rice on the table
• You are no longer fazed by the yells, hollars, hoots, and stares
• You’ve stopped comparing bug bites - we all have too many to count
• You have no idea what the “Top Ten’ songs are on iTunes or what movies are out
• You no longer think that all those people with masks are doctors or their patients
• You’ve finally learned how to properly wash your clothes by hand
• You’ve had someone drive by on their motorbike and try to snag your purse (happened to Devyn-we won!)
• You don’t look twice at all the crazy food- scorpions, cobras, eggs with baby ducks inside, congealed blood, etc.
• You’ve eaten enough rice to fill a swimming pool
• You can successfully walk across a street in Saigon without flinching-imagine: NO crosswalks, no traffic rules, motorbikes and cars everywhere
• You know how to order dog meat, although you will NEVER eat it!
• You can take regular naps on a bamboo mat on the cement floor without getting a crick in your neck
• You have mastered the art of the chopstick – or at least, relatively
• After Quang Tri, you don’t think Saigon is that hot
• You haven't watched TV-no Bachlorette or Pretty Little Liars 
• You fell in love with the country and are sad to leave the yummy food and friendly people

Some Pictures!

The Lunch Lady's Backyard

 Don't you have a whole family of cows and a giant python (with a live chicken no less) in your backyard!!??

The gang in our SNAZY orange uniforms getting ready for lunch

The Bike Ride to Our New Worksite

Our Daily Trek Through the Jungle