Saturday:
Today we had a field trip to the Mekong Delta. The ride to the delta was amazing, it astounded me how quickly it turned from city to country. However, there were a few medium-sized cities in the delta. In the delta we went to a cocoa plantation started by ACDI/VOCA and we learned about the process and the community between the farmers. Then we went to a model farm and toured the plantation and tried different types of chocolates they made as well as the natural cocoa bean fruit. After, we had a boat tour around the Mekong River and went to different islands in the river. I never knew anything about this river surprisingly because it is a very wide river.
Tonight we went to the night club called Lush which is owned and run by the owners of Glass Egg Digital Media which is a company we are visiting next week.
Sunday:
Today we had another field trip to a beach town on the South China Sea. It was amazingly beautiful with bright, fragrant flowers lining streets and buildings. We toured around for a while and visited a Buddhist pagoda and hiked to the top of a mountain to view one of the largest Jesus statues in the world. It was pretty hard because it was around 100 degrees with humidity and it was a lot of stairs to the top, but it was definitely worth it in the end. After we just had time to hang out on the beach and swim in the ocean which was very warm. I got really burned today but hopefully it will go away soon.
Tonight I think we are going to a French restaurant which should be delicious because of the French influence in Vietnam.
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