Friday 13 June 2014

May 16: Goodbye Vietnam!

Today was our last day in Vietnam.  We started off the day at an indoor stadium where we played the UEF students in soccer and basketball.  The stadium wasn’t air conditioned, so it was as hot inside as it was outside.  I had never played in heat that brutal before, so I was losing my breath almost as soon as I started playing.  It was really impressive to see how good of athletes the Vietnamese were because they seemed almost unaffected by the heat, while all of us were really struggling.  So, with this in mind, the Vietnamese students kicked our butts in both sports.  They were really good!  After the games were over we all went back and relaxed for a little while because we were all so tired.  Once we had rested for a while, we met up with some of the Vietnamese students and went to a coffee shop again.  I am going to miss the Vietnamese coffee, it is so much better than the coffee in America.  Then, the UEF took us to a secluded road where they let us try out their motorbikes under their supervision.  It was really cool to try them out and see the differences from driving a car in America.  When we came back, we had to check out from the hotel because we were leaving at 3 AM in the morning. Checking out was a pretty sad moment because it started to set in that we were actually leaving.  After we checked out we said goodbye to most of the UEF students, which was another pretty sad moment because we knew we probably weren’t going to see them again.  We do at least have Facebook to keep in touch, so I will at least be able to talk to them when we’re halfway across the world from each other.  To end the night we went to a restaurant on a boat in the river.  It was the perfect place to end the trip because we ate on the boat and then it rode around the river so we could see the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh.  I will never forget the views that I have seen here, they are amazing.  So, that’s it. We leave soon and the last ones with us are Tin, D, and D’s cousin Krystal.  They are coming to the airport with us and we will say goodbye to them there.  So until next time, xin chao Vietnam!

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