3 days!!!!!

Me and Quan Anh
Daniel and My Huong
Quan Anh
Unknown, Nhum, Duy.
Hi everyone! Maeve here.

On Sunday we went to Vung Tau and took a taxi to the Intourco Resort.

We arrived and said we had a resorvation and they said OK but the room you

wanted is only available for one night and the only other room is a one double bed.

We finally talked to the manager and everything worked out. We relaxed the rest of

the day. On Monday we hung out all morning and then at 2 we went to the centre (orphanage).

Ninh has been adopted to Canada and Tuan to Spain so we have some new baby's. Today

we met My Huong for lunch then went to the centre and heard lots of stories about the kids.

We will be home in 3 days and I want to live here forever! No offence to Canada.

I am going to post some pics of the kids in My Huongs village.

See everyone soon.

Maeve

Cambodia

Hi everyone! Maeve here once again!

We were in Cambodia for the last week. We took a "fast" boat to Phnom Penh and stayed in the Goldiana Hotel was really expensive especially for a place with no wifi in the rooms and a really bad TV signal but it had a pool. We stayed there and just walked around and explored etc. Then took a 6 hour bus to Siem Reap and stayed at the Mekong Angkor Palace which also had a pool. We went to Angkor Wat and there were lots of beggars. I have to go 'cause Dad wants to see the Hydrofoil times for tomorrow. See you 5 days!

Maeve

P.S. The picture of our feet in the water was a fish massage and they fish "licked" our feet!

Hey everyone! Maeve here.

I seem to have caught the cold Nina has and I feel pretty

awful! 2 months is going WAY to fast! I have to eat breakfast

but I'll see everyone very soon!

Maeve

Picture a la Maeve

Hanoi

Hey everyone! Maeve here.

We went back to Ho Chi Minh City again and stayed in the Nam Phuong Hotel for 1 night then went to the airport to take a plane to Hanoi. When we got there after a 2 hour flight (which Mom

had to get rid of her Swiss Army knife) and went to the Queen of Heart Hotel and they said that we were going to have to stay in the hotel around the corner and so we did (it was OK) and we moved back into the Queen Hotel. We explored a and found lots of DVD's for under 1.00$ and ordered personalised stamps. Yesterday we went to Ho Chi Minh burial and and saw him for about 45 seconds and had to go back. The taxi driver tried to scam us and so we just got out. We had a GREAT lunch at the Green Mango and tried to pick up the stamps but they weren't ready yet so we got a wonderful foot massage and went to the water puppet show. Mom and fell down and scraped her knee and me and Nina were tired so we went back to the hotel and dad picked up the stamps. We had a great dinner at Tandoor, an indian restaurant. Then Nina watched Mamma Mia and I fell asleep. I am still really tired so...

I will write soon,

Maeve

P.S. Guess how old Ninh is (picture at top) please write a comment with your guess!

Ninh

Hey everyone! It's Maeve again!

We have been having a pretty relaxing week.

Everyday since Tuesday we have been to the baby orphanage and played with my favourites or just the ones that were freaking out. We have our own names for the babies and my favourite is Ninh. The kids have such big personality's!

There is also a room of children with mental or physical delay's or just baby's who need more room. There is a amazing little girl in that room who is delayed both mentally and physically but gets around just fine. There are also a group of children that are HIV positive who are not allowed to go to school.

On Saturday we went to the Buu Tich Monastery and orphanage. They were very very nice there and fed us a most delicious meal of tofu and something soup. They fed Nina by hand! Nina doesn't smile too much at people here and it drives me CRAZY!!! If I were the one getting all the attention I would like it I think, but I guess she does not feel comfortable with people crowding around and staring EVERYWHERE we go, but then again I would hate that too.

Today we went the Hydrofoil and went back to Ho Chi Minh City. I HATE HYDROFOILS!!!! We might take a plane to Hanoi soon. Now you must guess how old Ninh is (his picture is at the top) and write a comment. I am begging you , please adopt this little genius! I have to do more homework now so.........

Anyway say hi to Sarah for me!

Maeve

Both Orphanage Visits

Hey everyone! Maeve here once again!

I got a comment from my class and so here are the answers to

their questions:

1600 dong= 1 dollar

100 000 dong= 6 dollars

1 000 000= around 62 dollars

and I ACCIDENTALLY gave it to someone thinking it was smaller bill.

Yesterday we went to the orphanage with only the baby's and children under 6.

We were going to meet this lady Trang Di Le, the director of the orphanage but she had an

emergency meeting so we went upstairs and looked at all the ADORABLE baby's. We held them

and they all smelled like formula. I have my favourites which turn out to be mostly baby boys.

We met a lady named My Huong who was adopted from the same orphanage when she was 5.

Her birth mother is Vietnamese( and her birth father was man in the war) and she later placed her with her brother in an orphanage. She was adopted to Australia and lived there until 6 years ago. She now lives in Vietnam and she looks very

caucasian and you easily could mistake her for a non-asian descended woman. Today we went to both orphanages and met our beautiful foster child. She's my age and her name is Ngoc Trinh.

All the kids where fascinated with our camera's and laptop. Dad let a little boy use his and what he thought to be mine BUT it was really My Huongs camera. Dad turned it off instantly and I volunteered mine. The kids took 133 photos in one hour! And .. no one used the wrist strap!

I regretted it right away

I am really really tired right now so I will sign off and will write soon, and bye the way - special thanks for Jane for the iTunes favour!

Maeve

Vung Tau

Hey everyone! Maeve here.

Heres the recap of the last few days.

Last thursday we went to the Ben Thanh market and bought some presents for everyone and clothes for us for the orphanage. It was SO crowded and smelly like a fishy smell combined with something sweet. Then I accidently gave 100 000 dong to some girl and her brother. The next day we went for what we call our second breakfast. We walked to the Ben Thanh because my mom wanted to buy something and Nina wanted shoes. Across the street from the Ben Thanh there is an alley full of shoes. Lots of knock-offs but so what! there just shoes and the look like the brand name. Any way, we moved hotels on saturday night from the Indoshine to the Nam Phoung Hotel. On saturday we went to a beautiful pagoda that we went to 8 years ago. It had lots of enormous fish and hundreds of turtles! I took a zillion pictures. There are lots of cute dogs around but we are not allowed to pet them because of RABIES!!!!!! On sunday we took the hydrofoil from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau. We are now settled in the really nice

Interco Resort. This morning we went into town and saw the beautiful sea side. I will write soon.

Maeve

Were here!

Hey everyone! Maeve here!

Here's a recap of the last few days: Emma and Auntie Debbie picked us up on monday night and drove us to the airport (thanks) we got in a pretty long line and waited and then some guy FINALLY checked our luggage in, most of it was too big so we had to go and put it in oversized/fragile. Even though some of our luggage was overweight the guy let it slide.

When we got on the airplane at 12:00ish and I fell asleep and when I woke up I didn't know if it was day or night! I watched zillions of movies and TV shows 'cause it was a 14 hour flight. The first class was really nice and they had BEDS!!!! The food was really good but mom threw up because she was tired and stressed. We got to Hong Kong which Hana says reminds her of a gorilla (I wonder where that came from) and guess what! there was a Starbucks Coffee

and it had WATERMELON JUICE!!!!!!!! The most exciting Starbucks moment of my life (I always have wanted watermelon juice). After I had my wonderful watermelon juice (which I didn't like) we got on a less modern plane and had a 2 hour flight to Ho Chi Minh City. We got through customs and took so long the guy from the hotel who was going to pick us up left! We hired a van and the guy talked and talked. When we got to the hotel it was about 1 pm vietnam time. The hotel not too fancy but nice and clean. That night we went to a Thai restaurant and I almost fell asleep at the table. There is a K Circle Mart next the hotel and we got some stuff there like Gatorade!

Today we woke up at 3:00 am and we ate a breakfast of fresh crispy baguette with jam and butter. Then at about 7:00 am we all went for a walk to the Rex Hotel. Ok everyone do not take Canada and Prague for granted because in Vietnam you just walk across the street and people have to try to avoid you on the mopeds, you almost get hit by random bikes 'cause there are hardly any stoplights at all!!!!! Its really warm out, about 30 degrees. Lots of people on mopeds wear H1N1 masks because of the dirty air from the cars. Right now I am on the rooftop of the Rex by the swimming pool. It says I posted this at 5:30 am but its really pm. These are the last

few days. Thanks for reading this!

Maeve