Today I went on a language trip sponsored through the Consulate and the school that I take my Vietnamese lessons through (VLS). We traveled down through districts 4 and 7 and finally got to the pha (ferry) and paid the equivalent of 3 cents to cross the river to Can Gio District. If you look at the map of Ho Chi Minh City you'll see that there are a bunch of small islands and so there are a lot of bridges but sometimes the land is too far away so the ferries shuttle cars, motorbikes and people across continuously.
Then we drove about 1.5 hours down to the very tip of the district to the Mangrove Forest where there are a bunch of young Mangrove trees, about 1000 khi (monkeys), 100 ca sau (crocodiles), 1 (bui)vbeach , and 1 Viet Cong base (bo doi- VC soldier).
My teacher, Co Chau. She has been teaching me for about 9 months now and I can effectively communicate a very basic conversation. Usually something dealing with name, age, married, boyfriend, and salary (I don't usually share that).
The Viet Cong used the Mangrove forest as a base. This was a bomb shelter with 3 openings incase a B52 was dropped and one opening was closed they could exit through the other openings. A major mission that these men completed was a suicide mission blowing up the enemy's oil supply for Saigon. About 90%-95% of the 800 VC soldiers died during the course of 10 years.
Then we drove about 1.5 hours down to the very tip of the district to the Mangrove Forest where there are a bunch of young Mangrove trees, about 1000 khi (monkeys), 100 ca sau (crocodiles), 1 (bui)vbeach , and 1 Viet Cong base (bo doi- VC soldier).
My teacher, Co Chau. She has been teaching me for about 9 months now and I can effectively communicate a very basic conversation. Usually something dealing with name, age, married, boyfriend, and salary (I don't usually share that).
The Viet Cong used the Mangrove forest as a base. This was a bomb shelter with 3 openings incase a B52 was dropped and one opening was closed they could exit through the other openings. A major mission that these men completed was a suicide mission blowing up the enemy's oil supply for Saigon. About 90%-95% of the 800 VC soldiers died during the course of 10 years.
4 comments:
Sounds like you're having a blast and seeing a world of history, from the past and in the making.
So, how do you say "are you married?" in Vietnamese?
:-)
Asking a woman:
"Ban (chi, em) co chong chua?"
Asking a man:
"Ban (anh, em) co vo chua?"
They love that question.
Janell, you are amazing. I am praying for you tonight.
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