Good Morning Vietnam

I've made it to Nha Trang, Vietnam! It only took me three flights and the rest of the day in airports to make it here, but I arrived. I arrived in the evening only to be picked up by a taxi driver who drove me 30-45 min ride from the airport to Crazy Kim's Bar. The drive was slightly scary - crazy driving, but also pretty - i was able to see the ocean and coast line in the dark. This bar will be my second home and school for the next month. For the next week I am the only volunteer and I'm not excited about that. The whole reason of doing this was to have other people around who I could do things will. So for the next week while I'm not teaching I get to have some personal bonding time with myself. We'll see what happen.

I'm staying in a house that is just around the corner from the bar and sharing it will Kim's nephew who also works in the bar. The house smells as though it hasn't been aired out but I do have my own kitchen and washing machine! I'm not exactly sure what I would cook... but that's okay. Oh, in other exciting new - i don't have to pay for the internet! I'm very happy about it - I can spend more money on food!

Nha Trang is on the coast, I'm staying a block and a half away from the beach. It's been raining that last few days (that is what I have been told and seen today) so the beach is wet and the water is muddy. I feel like I am at Waikiki in Hawaii... but it's not as nice. People walk around in bathing suits, every other shop is a bar or selling swimming suits...

I have found out that teaching is Monday - Saturday 10-11:30 and then I can eat with the students. If i want I can come in at 9 and learn tyquondo (sp) with the students... that may be a laugh. Then at 5 or 5:30 there is another class till 7 or 7:30. So that starts tomorrow.

Today Kim showed me around a little. It was raining so it wasn't a very long tour. I don't know what I am going to do with myself for the rest of the evening. These are the times when I really wish I was traveling with someone else... or that I liked to drink more...