This morning we caught a cab to meet our hosts at the WUSC office across town. It is a miracle that we found the place considering all three of us have zero sense of direction! We met Ngoc the senior program director, Uyen our financial and travel advisor, as well as Brady and Allison, two student volunteers from Calgary and Montreal. WUSC lent us cell phones to use while we are here and gave us a lesson on working with the Vietnamese. We learned a few key phrases to help us get by and were served a lovely lunch of snail spring rolls (which were delicious!) as well as noodles, vegetables and exotic fruits. Mmmmmm yummy!
After our meetings were over we went to Just Massage. Just massage opened in 2007 and trains young adults with visual impairments to become massage therapists. Just massage provides economic opportunity for these young people, personal empowerment and dignified work.
We had a Swedish massage complete with a series of what seemed like karate chops and ending with some sort of Vulcan mind meld. It was awesome! We will definitely go back and try the shiatsu next time. One hour for 6 dollars. Best money I have spent in a long time!
We cabbed it back to our hotel to find a fabulous night market setting up. After exploring the market we stopped at a sidewalk eaterie and had a yummy supper of vegetables and noodles. The menu had everything from snake and snails to frogs legs and pigeons! We followed our busy street as far as it went and found a beautiful lake and park. I’ll have to check tomorrow and find out the name. The streets were bustling and still are. The market goes on until midnight!
What a great day!
trying out my responding skills:)
ReplyDeleteHey, sounds rough. Sure you don't want to be back here in the rain?
ReplyDeleteIf you have a spare moment, can you send me a 2 page reflection on your L4C so I can publish it in the 'Dialogues on Learning' booklet to be distributed at the Festival of Learning on Aug 13th. No rush, tommorow will be fine. :-) Cheers, Bobbi