After a long night of karaoke, we deserved a high class breakfast. We found a nice restaurant to eat breakfast at near our hotel and it looked as if weddings were held there. Afterwards, we went to a giant indoor market. We spent two hours panning over every item imaginable. Poor Vuong shops with me, which means he will spend at least $20 extra over the course of the trip just because he hangs out with me and they jack up the prices so much initially. Bargaining is fun but after a while it is very tiring and annoying, as you just want a fair deal and you never know if you actually got one.
After, we wanted to get our nails done but we tried two salons and both were no good. One didn't do nails and the other smelled terrible and they wanted to sell us more stuff so we just left. After a siesta, we went and ate chicken with rice for lunch and then headed to the school and distributed food to the families. We gave them rice, sugar, salt, fish sauce, soy sauce, oil, milk, toothbrush, toothpaste and tylenol. We rationed the amounts based on the members in the family. They lined up outside like a mob, it was quite a scene. I was taking pictures of every family as they came in. When it was all said and done, it was very fulfilling to know we helped them out so much. One man came up to me sitting on the ground just to look me in the eye and give me a firm handshake. Tomorrow we will try and get our doctor/immunization situation worked out. Until then friends.
Tom
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