i'm just a girl: planes, trains, buses, boats, and motorbikes

We are back in Ho Chi Minh City after tirelessly traveling through Saigon, Vung Tau, Phuoc Tinh, Mui Ne, Da Lat, Nha Trang, and Hoi An. My uncle traveled with us to Vung Tau and Phuoc Tinh and was able to show me the house where I was born and where we lived before we fled for the States. I also got to see the actual boat that took my maternal grandfather out to another boat when they were finally able to flee in 1979. It was a tiny boat that took out a total of 90 people, making 3 trips with 30 people each time. It was really neat being able to see and talk to some of the people still there. They still remember our families.

It's been so much fun and in the last week or so, we have done some sand sliding on the white sand dunes and hiked up a mini Grand Canyon in Mui Ne, parasailed and drank Da Lat red wine from the floating bar in the middle of the sea in Nha Trang, rode motorcycles with our Easy Rider guides through the mountains in Da Lat, tasted snake wine, stood under the Elephant Waterfall, rode a dry bobsled (like a manual roller coaster!) down to Datanla Waterfall (super fun!), rented bicycles and biked 5 miles to Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An. I will write more about each stop when I get the chance, but I will post some pictures from our adventures here from the last week.