Nu er det nu!

Så kom dagen hvor vi havde sidste dag på HUTECH. Vi mødte ind på skolen kl. 08.45, hvor vi mødtes med ms Yen og vicerektoren, som ønskede os alt godt i fremtiden og tak for denne gang. Vi fik et certifikat der fortæller at vi har gennemført vores Vietnam Exchange program på HUTECH Universty, samt en lille gave (vietnamesisk kalender for 2014). Vi fik sagt på gensyn til Ms. Yen og Tommy, samt Per som selvfølgelig ser igen når vi kommer tilbage til DK og TEKO.

Det er helt mærkeligt at tænke på at vi skal ikke længere tilbage til skolen. Vores Exchange program er færdigt, og vi rejser i morgen aften. 4,5 måned er gået ekstremt hurtigt, selvom det kun føles som om vi næsten lige er ankommet til Vietnam.

I aften skal derfor nydes på Skybar med god mad og det kunne da også tænkes at der skulle åbnes en flaske vin eller to, til at afslutte det hele med.

I morgen lørdag er afrejsedagen. Denne dag kommer til at blive lang, da vi først skal ud mod lufthavnen kl. 22, men mon ikke vi nok skal få tiden til at gå. Om ikke andet kunne det jo være der gik en film i biografen vi lige skulle ind og se, og på denne måde få afsluttet vores lille biografklub herover.

Det bliver nu godt at komme hjem igen til det man kender. Til sin familie, sine venner og veninder, samt til min dans og arbejde. De/det har været savnet.

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Now it is time!

Then the day came when we had our last day at HUTECH University. We met at the school at 8.45 a.m. where we met with ms. Yen and the vice director, who wished us well in the future and thanked us for this time. We got a certificate that says that we have completed our Vietnam exchange program at HUTECH University, and a small gift (a Vietnamese calendar for 2014). We say see you again to Ms. Yen and Tommy, as well to Per, who we of course see again when we arrive in DK and back at TEKO.

It is strange to think that we no longer are going back to the school. Our exchange program is completed and we are leaving tomorrow night. 4,5 months have gone extremely fast, even though it only feels like we almost arrived in Vietnam.

Tonight will be enjoyed at Skybar with delicious food and maybe also a bottle of wine or two, to finish our trip with.

Tomorrow, Saturday is the day of departure. This day is going to be a long, since we aren’t leaving for the airport until 10.p.m, but I think we can find something to do. If nothing else, it could be that there is a movie that we should see before leaving, and by this, conclude our little cinema club.

Billeder kommer senere / Pictures come later..

Sidste uge i Ho Chi Minh City

Så er vi nået til den sidste uge af mit ophold i Vietnam.

Mange hjemmefra har spurgt den sidste uge om jeg glæder mig til at komme hjem og om jeg er klar til at komme hjem. Ja, jeg glæder mig til at komme hjem, men om jeg er klar? Det ved jeg ikke. Det er mærkeligt at tænke på at natten søndag rejser jeg tilbage til DK, og denne uge er derfor den sidste uge til at nå det sidste man gerne vil. Det giver en, en smule stress, men den sidste uge skal nydes til det fulde.

Mandag aften tog Liv og jeg ind for at se the Water Puppet Show (vanddukke show). Det var en sjov oplevelse, og som vietnameserne siger, så er det noget man skal opleve når man er i Vietnam, og man har ikke oplevet Vietnam før man har oplevet dette.

Showet omhandlede Vietnams historie, og det var rigtig hyggeligt og utroligt hvordan folkene bagved kan styre dukkerne så flot.

Tirsdag eftermiddag/aften havde vi (klassen) ”Farewell/see-you-again” middag med ms. Yen og Tommy på Tan Vang Resort der ligger tæt ved HUTECH (skolen), men ned til Saigon floden. Det er et rigtig hyggeligt sted med god udsigt over Saigon floden, og med live musik under middagen. Der var buffet og ved bordene var der indbygget en lille ”grill” og hotpot. Så man gik op til buffeten for at hente det kød + tilbehør man ønskede og så var det ellers bare i gang med at tilberede maden.

Onsdag mødtes jeg med Lise om eftermiddagen for at tøsehygge lidt med hende inden jeg rejser. Lise er en af de danskere jeg har mødt på Storm P.

Vi kørte lidt rundt i Ho Chi Minh City på hendes scootere. Vi endte ude ved Crescent Mall, der ligger i distrikt 7, hvor vi endte en tur i BoConcept og fik brugt nogle af de penge vi ikke har, herefter gik turen over Phu My Hung broen, hvor hun så mente jeg skulle prøve at køre på hendes scooter ned af en grusvej.

Det skal lige siges at jeg aldrig har kørt scooter før, så det var noget af en oplevelse, og selvom det kun var på en grusvej, hvor der ingen trafik var, så var det stadig en smule nervepirrende, men også meget sjovt! Bagefter var hun ved at snakke om at jeg jo kunne kører tilbage.. Nej tak, der springer jeg lige over og lader de mere erfarne om det.. Hehe, men det var rigtig sjovt at få lov at prøve.. J

Efter min lille scootertur mødtes vi med Morten inde ved Financial Tower i distrikt 1 – den højeste bygning i HCMC, hvor vi tog en tur op på en café på 50.etage og fik en fantastisk aften udsigt over Ho Chi Minh City, mens vi spiste vores dyre is.

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Last week in Ho Chi Minh City = the end of my stay in Vietnam

Now we have reached the last week of my stay in Vietnam.

Many from back home have asked me the last week if I am looking forward to go home and if I’m ready to come home. Yes, I’m looking forward to come home, but am I ready? I don’t know. It is weird thinking that the night between Saturday and Sunday I’m going back to Denmark. This week is therefore my last week to get to see and experience the last of it, which stress you a bit, but the last week will be enjoyed to its fullest.

Monday night Liv and I went to The Water Puppet Show. It was a fun experience, and as the Vietnamese says, it is something that you need to see while you are in Vietnam, and you haven’t experience Vietnam before you have seen a water puppet show.

The show was about Vietnam’s history and it was really good and unbelievable how the people behind the scene can control the puppets so well. 

Thursday afternoon/evening we had a “Farewell/See-you-again” dinner with ms. Yen and Tommy at the Tan Cang Resort, which is located not far from HUTECH (the school), but at the riverside. It is a really nice and cosy place with a nice view of the Saigon River and with live music during the dinner. There was buffet and at the tables there were build in a small “bbq” and hotpot. You will go to the buffet to get the meat + sides you want and then it is all about cooking the food yourself.

Wednesday I met with Lise at the afternoon for some girl time before I leave. Lise is one of the Danes who I have met at Storm P.

We drove on her around in Ho Chi Minh City. We ended at Crescent Mall, which is located in district 7. Here we ended up in BoConcept and spend some of the money, which we don’t have. After this we drove over the Phu My Hung Bridge, where she then had the idea that I should try to ride her motorbike down a gravel road.

It has to be said that I have never driven a motorbike before, so it was a bit of an experience, and even though it only was at a gravel road, with no traffic it was still a bit nerve racking, but also a lot of fun!

Afterwards she said that I could drive back.. No thanks, I will pass and let the more experienced do it.. Hehe, but it was still so much fun to try.. J

After my little scooter trip, we met with Morten at the Financial Tower in district 1 – the tallest building in HCMC, where we went up to a café at the 50^th floor, and got an amazing night view over Ho Chi Minh City while eating our expensive ice creams.

 Scooter tuuuuur ;-)

Lise pakker hendes julegaver ind i butikken :-)

Vores dyre is

Charity & Mui Ne

Så gik der hurtigt en uge mere. Det er slet ikke til at følge med længere!

Torsdag havde vi fri fra skole, så vi havde snakket med ms. Yen om at lave vores sidste velgørenhedsarbejde der.

Turen gik ud til et nonnekloster halvanden time uden for Ho Chi Minh City, hvor der bor fattige børn – både normale og mentalt handikappede børn. Her bliver de bl.a. hjulpet med skole og alle hjælper alle uanset alder.

Vi startede dagen kl. 10 hvor vi blev hentet på vores hotel af ms. Yen og de andre fra klassen, herefter kørte vi ud til ”køkkenet”. Normalt bliver maden lavet i klosterets køkken, men til større arrangementer er der nogle frivillige kvinder der kokkerer i deres hjem og bringer maden til klosteret. Det var her vi startede. Vi havde planlagt at vi ville bage cookies til børnene, da det er en ting de sjældent får. Ms. Yen havde medbragt en lille ovn, da ”køkkenet” ikke har en. Men at skal bage ca. 100 cookies i en lille ovn med kun en bageplade hvor der kan være 8-9 stk. på, tager en evighed. Efter 3 timers bagning, gik uren endelig ud til børnene.

Man når næsten lige at stige ud af bilen og så bliver man overfaldet af livsglade børn der er glad for at vi gider og komme og besøge dem, snakke og lege med dem. J

Det var rigtig dejligt at se selvom børnene ikke har ret meget, så er de glade, leger med hinanden uanset alder og handikap, opdraget og hjælper til hvor der er brug for det. For eksempel efter aftensmaden tog alle deres del af den kæmpe opvask, og i løbet af næsten en halv time, så var den klaret.

Normalt får børnene kun rig og grøntsager – som de får fra markedet (det som ikke er blevet solgt i løbet af dagen), så det er ikke så tit de får kød.  Så at vi kommer og donere penge til klosteret og børnene så de kunne få et festmåltid, var noget de nød til fulde. Og cookiesene var et hit! De prøvede endda at snyde sig til flere end en, de små lømler. ;) Der var en af drengene der havde fået snydt sig til syv cookies, aner ikke hvordan han har båret sig af. J Hihi.

At forlade stedet igen var rigtig hårdt, da børnene stadig var fulde af energi og ville lege med os, og sagde at vi ikke måtte tage af sted. Det gjorde det selvfølgelig ikke nemmere, men forlod stedet med en god følelse alligevel, fordi man vidste at der bliver taget godt om dem og at de har en utrolig livsglæde! Samtidig sætter det også tingene i perspektiv hos en. Vi har det sgu alt for godt hjemme i DK og glemmer dem der har mindre end os og er ringere stillet. Jeg syne det er vigtigt at man stopper op engang i mellem og tænker på andre end sig selv og ens behov.

Ms. Yen fortalte at hun har nogle venner som ikke forstår at hun laver velgørenhedsarbejde, samt tager os med sådan nogle steder. De forstår ikke hun vil bruge sin tid på det.

Jeg syntes virkelig at det er ærgerligt at der er folk der har den holdning, men det viser også bare at folk lever i sin egen lille boble. Jeg er rigtig glad for at ms. Yen har taget os med ud til de steder hun har, og vist os hvordan folk uden for storbyen har det, samt vist os at der nogen der tager sig af de børn som forældrene ikke vil kendes ved, eller ikke har råd til at tage sig af.

Mui Ne

Turen startede kl. 08.00, hvor vi blev hentede af privatchauffør som vi havde booket. Efter at have kørt i halvanden time, holder vores chauffør pludselig ind. Det viser sig at der holdte politi, som han lige blev stoppet af. Han havde lige kørt liiiiidt hurtigere end tilladt, og måtte ende med at betale 200.000 dong, hvilket svarer til 50 dkr. Mens han betalte hans bøde, fik vi os lige en lille chat med en af betjentene om spurgte hvor vi var fra, samt hvor vi skulle hen. Det var nu meget sjovt. ;-)

Weekenden i Mui Ne blev brugt på ren afslapning. Det første vi gjorde fredag da vi ankom, var at tjekke ind, få noget frokost og så hoppe en tur ned til poolen og ligge og slikke sol i nogle timer.

Nete og LM har været i Mui Ne før sammen med LM’s forældre, hvor de boede på et lækkert ressort et stykke fra hvor vi boede. Vi besluttede derfor at tage derhen for at spiser, da pigerne sagde at der var rigtig meget lækkert mad, samt musik ved poolen efterfølgende. :-)

Lørdag morgen kl. 3.30 ringede Liv og jegs vækkeur. Efter kun 4 timers søvn var vi klar til at skulle på tur. Vi skulle ud og se den hvide sandørken, den røde sandørken, fairy stream – en lille å som du går i og ser den skønne natur der gemmer sig her, samt fiskerbyen i Mui Ne. Grunden til at vi stod så tidlig op for denne tur, skyldtes at vi gerne ville ud og se solopgangen, da denne skulle være utrolig smuk ude ved den hvide sandørken.

Kl. 8.30 ca. ankom vi tilbage til hotellet, fik morgenmad sammen med de andre piger, og så blev det meste af dagen ellers bare brugt på ren afslapning ved poolen og se om man lige kunne opbygge sig en lidt farve inden man skal hjem til kolde Danmark. ;-)

Søndag stod igen på den tid ved poolen, også selv efter check out. Vi fik opbevaret vores tasker mens vi lå og slappede af ved poolen inden vores chauffør kom og hentede os kl. 15 og det igen var tid til at komme tilbage til Ho Chi Minh City.

Det havde været en rigtig lækker weekend med oplevelser og afslapning og uden en masse larm fra scootere og biler. Det var tiltrængt og det føltes helt som en miniferie. Man kommer tilbage med en anden energi, så den sidste uge i Vietnam kan nydes på en helt anden måde. Lidt svært at forklare helt præcis. :-)

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Charity

One more week have quickly passed. It is getting harder to keep up!

Thursday we had the day off from school, so we had talked to ms. Yen about doing our charity at this day. This time we went to a nunnery located an hour and half outside of Ho Chi Minh City, where poor children – both normal and mental disabled children, live. The nuns help them with school and everyone help everyone, regardless of age.

We started the day at 10 a.m. where we got picked up at our hotel by ms. Yen and the others from our class, and then we drove out to the “kitchen”.  Normally the food is being cooked in the nunnery’s kitchen, but at larger arrangements there are women who volunteers and cook in their own home and then bring the food to the nunnery. And it was where we started. We had planned to bake cookies for the children, as it is something that they rarely get. Ms. Yen had brought a small oven as the “kitchen” doesn’t have one. But to bake approximately 100 cookies in a small oven with only one baking sheet with space for 8-9 cookies, takes forever. After 3 hours of baking, we were finally heading to the children.

When we arrived at the nunnery we were jumped upon by cheerful children, who were happy about that we bothered to come visit them and play and talk to them. :-)

It was nice to see that even though these children don’t have much, they are cheerful, playing with each other regardless of the age and disability, brought up well and help where needed. For example, after dinner everyone took share of the huge dishes, and 30 minutes later the dishes were done.

Usually the children only get rice and vegetables which they get from the market (the vegetables which haven’t been sold during the day), so it is not often they get to eat meat. So when we came to donate money to the nunnery and the children for them to be able to have a feast, was something they enjoyed to the fullest. And the cookies were a hit! They even tried to cheat to more than one, the little punks. ;) There was one boy, who had got seven cookies, how he did it, I have no idea. ;) Hihi

To leave the place was really hard as the children still were full of energy and wanted to play with us and told us not to go. Of course it didn’t make it easier, but you still left the place with a good feeling, because you knew there is taking good care of them and the children have an unbelievable cheerfulness. At the same time it put things into perspective. We have it way to good home in Denmark and forget those who have less than us and are less fortune. I think it is important to stop once in a while and think of others than yourself and your needs.

Ms. Yen told us that she has some friends who don’t understand why she is doing charity and why she brings us. They have they believe that she is wasting her time doing it.

I really think it is unfortunate that there are people who have this attitude, but is also shows how people are living in their own little bubble. I’m really happy that ms. Yen have been taking her time to show us these places and how people outside of the big city are living and shown us that there are someone who takes care of the children whose parents don’t want to have anything to do with, or can’t afford to take care of.

Mui Ne

The trip started at 8 a.m. where we were picked up by a driver, which we had booked. After driving for almost an hour and a half, our driver suddenly stopped. It then turns out that he got stopped by the police for driving a biiiiit to fast. He ends up paying 200.000 dong which is about 50 dkr. While he was paying his fine, we got us a little chat with one of the police officers who asked where we were from and where we were going. It was actually very funny.  ;-)

The weekend in Mui Ne consisted of pure relaxation. The first thing we did when we arrived was to check in, get lunch and go to the pool and get sun for a few hours.

Nete and LM have been to Mui Ne before together with LM’s parents, where they stayed at a nice resort a bit from where we lived. We therefore decided to go there for dinner, as the girls had told us that the food there is really delicious and there is music at the pool area afterwards. :-)

Saturday morning at 3.30 a.m. Liv and I's alarm woke us. After only four hours of sleep we were ready to go on tour. We were going to see the white sand dunes, the red sand dune, the fairy stream – you walk in the stream and see the beautiful nature which is hidden here and the fishing village in Mui Ne. The reason for our early rising for this tour was because we wanted to see the sunrise as it said that it would be very beautiful out at the white sand dunes.

At 8.30 a.m. we arrived at the hotel again, got breakfast with the other girls, and then the most of the day was spend on pure relaxation by the pool and to get a tan before going back to the cold Denmark. ;-)

Sunday was again spend at the pool, even after check out. We got luggage stored while we were relaxing by the pool before our driver came to pick up us at 3 p.m., when it was time to go back to Ho Chi Minh City again.  

It had been a really nice weekend with adventure and relaxation, AND without a lot of noise from the motorbikes and cars. It was much needed and it felt like a mini vacation. You come back with a different energy, so the last week in Vietnam can be enjoyed in a different way. A little hard to explain exactly. :-)

 Billeder fra charity

 Så bliver opvasken lige taget

Børnehjemmets køkken

Cookies til børnene bagt i den lille ovn

Billeder fra Mui Ne

Fra fairy stream

 White sand dunes

Fishing Village

 Fra hotellet - pool + havet

21 dage tilbage

I går, søndag var der præcis 21 dage til vi ville lande i DK igen. Det er simpelthen ikke til at forstå at det er lige om hjørnet at vi skal hjem igen. Tiden flyver simpelthen af sted hernede, og den sidste tid hernede skal planlægges godt, så man når at få det sidste med som man gerne vil nå at se og opleve.

Vi – Nete, LM, Liv og jeg brugte søndagen på en tur til Dai Nam park, der består af temapark med forlystelser og stor Zoo.

Det var rigtig dejligt at se at dyrene her har det rigtig godt, og interessant at se hvor stort et antal de har af de forskellige dyr. Normalt ville en zoo derhjemme måske ikke have mere en 3-4 tigere, men her har de måske 6-8 stykker, og det sammen med deres krokodiller, dem var der også rigtig mange af, af samme salgs.  

Jeg har fået fortalt at de dyr der er i Zooen, der ligger inde i Ho Chi Minh by ikke lever under de bedste forhold, så derfor var det rart at se hvordan dyrene trives her, og hvor godt de har det. Vi snakkede om at nogle af dem virkede til at have det bedre end nogle steder derhjemme i DK.

Vi startede ud i temaparken, hvor vi selvfølgelig valgte at tage en vandrutsjebane som noget af det første. Her delte de regnslag ud inden du satte dig ned i båden, og tak for det. Du starter ud med at køre en lille smule rundt, og her har de ikke gjort noget ud af tingene, så det eneste du her kigger på er græs. Så kommer du hen til rampen hvor vi skulle op af og så gik det ellers bare ned ad.  Og hold da helt ferie, hvor vi blev badet. Den gik virkelig også bare stejl ned af, og det var ligesom om at vandet kom af to omgange, så vi har dem mistænkt for at de små rør der stikker op på hver side af banen når du kommer ned, at de også sprøjter vand.  Hvis vi ikke havde fået regnslag på, så var vi gennemblødt. Men det var sjovt. Herefter tog Nete og jeg en lidt vildere rutsjebane, men det var lige før vi bakkede ud. For da vi kom op til vognene, kunne vi se at siderne på sikkerhedsbøjlerne havde fået en ordentlig gang gennemsigtig gaffatape, og ikke nok med det. Det bælte der var der, som man normalt spænder over maven, bliver her brugt til at binde rundt om sikkerhedsbøjlen, for at holde den nede. Puha, det var lidt af en udfordring, men vi klarede den og vi fik os en på opleveren. Hihi J

Den første uge tilbage i skolen blev afsluttet med god mad og en bytur. Vi spiste på ZanZbar, som var utroligt lækkert og et vildt hyggeligt sted, herefter tog vi videre til Chill Skybar. Stemningen her var rigtig god og musikken var også helt rigtig. Et par piger som stod ved siden af os i baren ude på tagterrassen, spurgte om de måtte købe drinks til os.

Det skal lige siges at tingene på Chill Skybar, koster godt og vel det sammen som drinks i DK, hvilket betyder at det er et af de dyre steder. 

Efter et par drinks på Chill Skybar, gik turen et hurtigt smut forbi Apocalypse og herefter videre til Lush hvor vi brugte resten af aftenen.

Lørdag havde vi et lille møde med Navin Oksen, tidligere TEKO studerende, som har været bosat i Vietnam i 6 år. Det var rigtig hyggeligt at møde ham og få hans syn på det vietnamesiske marked og hvilke udfordringer man som indkøber her, støder ind/kan støde ind i, samt hans erfaringer med at arbejde i Vietnam.

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21 days left

Yesterday, Sunday, there was exactly 21 days before we are in DK again. It is weird to think about that it is almost around the corner that we are going home. The time just passes by over here and the last time over here needs to be planned well in order to get to see the last things that you want to see and experience.

We, Nete, LM, Liv and I spend our Sunday going to Dai Nam Park, which consist of a theme park with rides and a big zoo.

It was really nice to see that they animals are doing well and it was interesting to see how many they have of each animal. Normally in a zoo back home they don’t have more than for example 3-4 tigers, but here they have maybe 6-8 tigers, and the same with the crocodiles. There were a lot of them and of same kind.

I have been told from some of the other girls that the animals in the zoo located in Ho Chi Minh City don’t live under the best circumstances, which is why it was nice to see how the animals TRIVES in the Dai Nam Zoo, and how good they have it. We also talked about that some of them seemed to have it better than some places back home in DK. 

We started in the theme park where we of course choose to take a water rollercoaster as the first thing. Here they gave out raincoats before sitting in the boat, and thank god for that. First you start out be sailing a bit around, looking at nothing else but grass. Then you arrive at a ramp where we had to get up, and from here it was downhill. And holy shit we got wet! It went really steep and it was like that the water came of two rounds, so we have them suspected for, the small tubes that are located next to the track when you come down, that they also sprout water. If we haven’t got the raincoats we would have been soaked. But it was fun.

After this Nete and I took a wilder rollercoaster, but we almost backed out. When we came up to the wagons we could see that the safety straps have been wrapped in a lot of gaffatape, and not only that. The safety belt which you normally tighten across your stomach is being used to tighten the safety straps. It was some of a challenge, but we did it and we got an experience out of it.  Hihi J

The first week back at school was completed with great food and a night out. We dined at ZanZbar, which was really delicious and a very cosy place. Hereafter we went to Chill Skybar. The atmosphere was really good and so was the music. A couple of girls, who stood next to us at the bar on the roof terrace, asked if they could by us drinks.

It must be said that things on Chill Skybar costs almost the same as drinks back in DK, which means that it is one of the more expensive places.

After a couple of drinks at Chill Skybar, we went a quick look at Apocalypse and then proceed to Lush, where we spend the rest of the night.

Saturday we had a small meeting with Navin Oksen, who is a former TEKO student, who has been living in Vietnam for 6 years. It was really nice to meet him and get his point of view on the Vietnamese market and which challenges one have as a buyer here, and his experiences with working in Vietnam.

Billeder fra Dai Nam park

Tøsehygge <3

Back to school

Den sidste uge har jeg været alene i HCMC, hvilket egentlig har været meget rart.

Som nævnt i tidligere blog indlæg mødte jeg nogle danske fyre + en pige til Halloween fest på den danske restaurant Storm P. Disse har jeg brugt lidt tid med den sidste uge, mødtes med dem nogle dage til aftensmad og hygge, og fik kørt på scooter for første gang, eller jeg sad bag på, men same same. Hehe. ;-) Det var nu meget sjovt at prøve og slet ikke så slemt som man skulle tro med trafikken de har herover.

I lørdags var jeg til Vikingefest med drengene sammen med en masse andre kunder fra Storm P og andre barer. Vi startede ud kl. 16.30 med en sejltur ned af floden ned til et sted hvor vi skulle spise og bruge resten af aftenen, fandt aldrig rigtig ud af præcis hvor vi var. Der var helstegt pattegris, bagte kartofler, stegte ris m.m. Som underholdning var der 3 vietnamesiske piger der sang og dansede, samt konkurrencer mellem de forskellige barer/lande, som fx Sverige, Norge, Danmark (selvfølgelig) osv.

Da festen lukkede ned tog vi tilbage til Storm P, hvor festen fortsatte samt videre i byen på Lush. ;-)

Nete og LM kom tilbage fra Thailand søndag eftermiddag, og det første de næsten sagde til Liv og jeg da de ankom til Doi Che, hvor vi skulle flytte fra, var: ”Piger, vi har travlt. Vi skal lige forbi sygehuset med LM. Så vi invitere jer lige en tur på hospitalet.” LM havde fået et myggestik i Thailand der var gået infektion i og var begyndt at væske. Men så har vi også prøvet det. Der skal jo være en første gang for alting. :-)

Nete, LM, Liv og jeg bor nu ude i backpacker området. Der har vi valgt at flytte ud den sidste måned for at få nogle nye oplevelser og opleve en anden del af byen. Der er meget mere liv derude, både om dagen, aftenen og i weekenderne, samt at vi er tæt på alt i distrikt 1. Det er rigtig rart at være flyttet til et sted med mere liv i gaden, og ikke som ved Doi Che, hvor der sker nada, andet end en masse studenter i løbet af dagen, der kører frem og tilbage på deres scootere op og ned af gyden.

Mandag startede vi igen i skole. Den sidste tid mens vi er hernede skal vi arbejde med et projekt/case hvor vi skal hjælpe en dansk virksomhed med markedsanalyse i forhold til udvidelse på det vietnamesiske marked. Det virker til at være et rigtig spændende projekt, og jeg glæder mig til at komme rigtig i gang med det.

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Back to school

The last week I have been alone in HCMC which was actually very nice.

As mention in an earlier blog post, I have met some Danish guys + a girl at the Halloween party at the Danish restaurant Storm P. I have spend some time with these guys the last week, meeting them for dinner etc., and I have been driven  a motorbike for the first time, or I have sat on the back of one, but same same. Hehe. :-) It was a fun experience and not as bad as you may think with the traffic over here.

Saturday I went to a Viking party with the guys along with many other customers from Storm P and other bars. We started at 16.30 with a boat trip down the river to the place where we had to eat and spend the rest of the night. There was roast suckling pig, baked potatoes, fried rice etc. As entertainment there were 3 Vietnamese girls singing and dancing and competitions between the different bars/countries, as for example Sweden, Norway, Denmark (of course) etc.

When the party ended, we went back to Storm P, where the party continued and then later we went to Lush. ;-)

Nete and LM came back from Thailand Sunday afternoon and the first thing they said to Liv and I, when they arrived at Doi Che, where we were moving from, was; “Girls, we are in a hurry. We have to go by the hospital with LM. So we are inviting for a trip to the hospital.” LM has gotten a mosquito bite in Thailand that has got infected the day of departure from Thailand. So now we have also tried to be at the local hospital. There has to be a first for everything. :-)

Nete, LM, Liv and I now live in the backpacker area of district 1. We have chosen to move there for the last month to get new experiences and experience another part of the Ho Chi Minh City. There is so much life out there, both during the day and during the night and weekends, and we are close to everything in district 1.

It is really nice to have moved to a place with more life in the streets, and not like at Doi Che, where nothing happens besides a lot of students during the day, who ride their motorbike back and forward in the alley.

Monday we started school again. For the last month here we are working with a project/case where we shall help a Danish company with market analysis in relative to extending on the Vietnamese market. It seems to be a very exciting project and I’m looking forward to start working with it.

Billeder fra vikingefesten

 Ølkonkurrence - Lasse (i midten) vand med halvanden øl ;)

Tovtrækkeri 

Øl løftning - Christian og Lasse kæmper side om side

LM på sygehus besøg - 24/24 emergency