Day 7 Today is Sunday.Gosh, I've lost track of my days.They are all running together.I have been e-mailing Rosa (my daughter) and have called Paul twice.With the 11 hour time difference, I called him 5:00 a.m. one morning, not thinking that I was going to wake him up.But, it was okay, he said he was glad to hear from me. Checked out of hotel today.We are traveling by bus to Nha Trang through a National Park over Lady Mountain.This has wonderful views of t...

Day 7 Today is Sunday.Gosh, I've lost track of my days.They are all running together.I have been e-mailing Rosa (my daughter) and have called Paul twice.With the 11 hour time difference, I called him 5:00 a.m. one morning, not thinking that I was going to wake him up.But, it was okay, he said he was glad to hear from me. Checked out of hotel today.We are traveling by bus to Nha Trang through a National Park over Lady Mountain.This has wonderful views of the...

Day 4 Breakfast at hotel -One group (mine) visited Go Vap Orphanage .The other group visited Phu My Orphanage/HIV Center.We both visited Tam Binh Orphanage. Go Vap Orphanage - This orphanage houses special needs children (brain injuries, heart problems, cerebral palsy, etc.).Lots of babies with hydro-encephalitis which if they were in the United States they would have had shunts put in and would not have suffered brain damage.These children will be lucky...

When we think of Vietnam, we automatically think of the war, the jungle combat, the political aspects and the loss of so many young Americans.I had so many people ask me "why" when I told them I was going to Vietnam.It was hard to describe - it is part of our history, it is part of Asia (somewhere I've never been) and the culture is so much different - I wanted that experience. Days 1 & 2 Students consisted of Occupational Therapy, Communi...

When we think of Vietnam, we automatically think of the war, the jungle combat, the political aspects and the loss of so many young Americans.I had so many people ask me "why" when I told them I was going to Vietnam.It was hard to describe - it is part of our history, it is part of Asia (somewhere I've never been) and the culture is so much different - I wanted that experience. Days 1 & 2 Students consisted of Occupational Therapy, Communi...