Good Times in Vietnam!

So sorry that it took so long to update my blog but for all you who are interested in me and my journey half way across the world, this is the first updated blog (one of many more to come, hopefully). Anyways, first I would like to say thank you (you know who you are) for supporting me through prayers and finance to make this trip possible. But you guys are probably wondering what in the world am I doing with all that prayers and money. So that's the purpose of this blog is to let you in my world (well, as best as I know how) and hopefully we can journey together in all of this craziness.

Well, for starters, for all those who thought that I left on the 10th of September, you are sadly mistaken. I actually left on the 18th (there was a week delay due to my trip to Calgary and lack of preparation). My mom and I went to Vietnam for a week to visit my grandparents before we head to Cambodia.

Something weird happened at the Vancouver airport... I ran into Dan Lam (who's an Onsiter too). What are the chance of that happening huh? Weird... but it was awesome too because it's cool to see that I'm not heading out alone and it's a reminder that I have friends who are on the same journey as I.

Anyways, I got to Vietnam safely and spent a week there. During the entire week, I did nothing but eat, sleep, play video games, and of course going to the gym so that I can eat some more without getting

flabby.

There was a couple of things that surprise me when I was in Vietnam. First of all, the air and heat is so bad that I never got quite used to it. I had to take like 4 showers a day on top of the suffocating air. The picture to the right tells the story. That line that you saw is the smog dome that was created over Saigon. Imagine living in that dome for like a week...

The second thing that surprised me is the amount of traffic that Saigon has. It was unbelievably busy. I hear constant beeping of horn honking from 6:00AM - 12:00AM. And it's not an exaggeration. Its definitely a different environment than Canada. But after a night there, it was actually fun to be in such a busy city, always seeing somebody new (I guess I'm a city boy). To the left is a sample of the night life in Saigon city and how busy traffic can get.

The third thing that surprised me is how good food taste in Vietnam. I had like the best food in my life! And it was so cheap too! In the whole week while I was there, I spent like only $70 dollars on food and it was like pretty much all you can eat all the time everytime. Needless to say, to burn of all the excess food that I was munching down, I actually had to exercise quite a bit. A typical day in Vietnam for me consist of getting up and having a BIG breakfast followed by desert. Afterward, I would get on the stairmaster that my grandpa have at his house for an hour (while playing my DS lite of course). Then off I went into devotion and spending time with God with a big lunch accompanying it and of course more desert. Then its the afternoon nap until 2:00PM. Then I get my butt to the gym (to work out) for about an hour. Afterward, I would wander the street (literally) to look for some more good food, which doesn't take very long for me to find. Then its homeward bound with breakdancing and drum practice for about 2-3 hours. Then my aunt and uncle would be free at night to take me out to cruise the city and of course, dinner with deserts. So that's pretty much what I did in Vietnam. =)

O and here's my family in Vietnam. That's pretty much all that happened in Vietnam. Then it's off to Cambodia after my week stay, which I will blog later. Cya all and God bless for now.