Chúc mừng anh Long và Trinh nhé. Như vậy là Mẹ tròn con vuông, bố tự hào và anh trai sung sướng! Mong cháu bé ngoan, bú nhiều chóng lớn, ngủ giỏi để Bố Mẹ mau lấy lại sức nhé.
There are still places here, where all of us have been photographed when we were kids: the two dragons at the entrance to the museum, the old trees in front of the ancient looking building, which still look the same. You can see lots of young couples sitting under the trees holding hands (and whatever part), because of the privacy they can find only here, at this public place... funny even this hasn't changed through the years...
Exciting part was also the feeding of little asian elephants. Driving around with the zoo train for about 10 min. was more expensive than the taxi+tickets to the zoo. We also bought the kids some of the wonderful sort of origami animals handicrafted with young palm leaves by students. After the zoo, we took a taxi to a big supermarket... it's amazing to see all sort of foods ad stuff, which you would have a hard time to find in Germany in such an abundance and -comparatively- cheap prices. I wish we could buy our food here everyday...
Die Glühwürmchen bevölkern die Bäume am an beiden Flussufern und leuchten lustigerweise in Gruppen. Wir sind mit dem Boot einfach an den Baum rangefahren und die Kinder konnten die Glühwürmchen im Flug fangen oder die Äste schütteln...
Nach dem ich dieses noch andere angsteinflößende Hindernise an Land überwunden habe (Details folgen später), haben wir dann doch ein Mosquito-Netz aufgeschlagen und halbwegs ruhig geschlafen bis gegen 5 Uhr... da kam der Morgen und kleine Boote und Kähne mit knatternden Zweitaktern dem friedlichen Fluss entlang...
Father and daughter are ready for the Mekong Delta today... We are leaving for Vinh Long, which wasn't so sure until the very last minute, 'cause Nhimmy was a bit sick.
The kids just discovered their new favorite "fruit" in Vietnam: sugar cane!!! They can eat loads of it. You can buy them ready to eat and packed in the fridge at the supermarket (or on the street, if you're brave enough). As said before, it's amazing how many different fruits, flavors you get here. They got to know them at the fruits festival, which I hope to get posted here soon... (provided a mini firewire cable.. can some one email me one ;-).
Yesterday evening, we had a picnic with old school friends of Nhu (also known as Lu Hoa)... of course with lots of kids as well. It was more sort of a banquet for around 30 people at the river side, so they all really enjoyed the breeze...I'm planning to go to Vinh Long (Mekong Delta) with Nhimmy by bus and ferry, which is going to be a bit tough, but that's probably how around 80% of the people here travel, so she gets to know that major tough side of Vietnam as well. So I guess it's a better idea to put that at the end of our trip, in case it's too much for her.
We had a relaxing day in the city: wandering around with the kids (stroller + buggy board, which wasn't always easy due to the road conditions), going to the central post office, which has been there since francophonia wasn't a matter of nostalgy... I think the kids got a bit tired as you can see... but Uncle Ho is looking after them ;-)
Sorry... we forgot to leave you a note about where we were going: Mui Ne is next to Phan Thiet, about 4 hours drive up north from Saigon ( more info: german, english ) and it was amazing. I just spent 2 hours putting images together so you guys can see how amazing it was. We only had a few days at the Terracotta resort, but the kids really loved ...... "the swimming pool" ;-(
Unser Haus ist über 100 Jahre alt im alten Kolonialstil. Man merkt ihm sein Alter an, was aber auch einen gewissen Charme hat. Ursprünglich war es ein Verwaltungsgebäude im alten französischen Indochina. Aussenbilder erfolgen noch...
Gegen 19 Uhr ist hier schon ziemlich dunkel... Erste Eindrücke: ziemlich viele Baustellen. Die Kinder kriegen vom vielen Verkehr, Mopeds, Menschen... den Mund gar nicht mehr zu. Jetzt geht's erstmal nach Hause, auspacken, duschen und dann eine kleine Rundfahrt machen...
Finally... after over 15 hours!
Wir haben es geschafft! Und alle 3 Kinder verschlafen ihre erste Berührung mit dem "Mutterboden"... Na ja, dann müssen sie wenigstens nicht die Kotztüte füllen. Die Reiseleiterin ist da schon weniger relaxed, endlich macht sich bei ihr die Aufregung bemerkbar!
Nghe und Nhim haben gebrochen ohne Ende... war eine lange Nacht. Jetzt sind alle wieder wohlauf und froehlich.
Tâm-Ca: 6 Jahre
Sao-Khuê: 3 Jahre
An-Nam: 1,5 Jahre (alias Cu Nhon)
Mama: Alter unbekannt...
Pappa: 6 Jahre älter als Mama
Bis jetzt war Vietnam für unsere Drei irgendwie nur Neujahrsfest, die Großeltern, ferne Verwandten und viele, viele Erzählungen. Nun wird es real: sehen, hören, riechen, schmecken, und wir sind alle sehr gespannt.
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