Tuesday:
We started out the day by biking to a farm. We learned about
the vegetables there, and how farmers farm them. There were many herbs, and we
got to smell each one. We even farmed a little, and watered plants the “old way.”
We tasted the vegetables, and cooked lunch ourselves. It was a lot of fun. We
made several dishes, and ate the food too. We made spring rolls, banana flower
salad, and made garnishes for that bit of decoration, I’d say the banana salad
was amazing – it had this sweet-ish taste that’s really hard to beat. The tea
was nice too. It’s normal green tea, but it smells like marshmallows and tastes
like it too, only it quenches your thirst and not makes it worse. I’d go as far
as to say this was our best meal yet. After eating lunch, we went to the hotel
to have free time. After spending several hours enjoying ourselves, we had
dinner by the river. The food was amazing, and I really loved it. We ended the
day with delicious food, and went back in.
In the morning, we rode a water buffalo. For those of you
who have rode a horse, it’s actually really different. First off, the horse and
the buffalo have differently shaped backs. Also, the buffalo sways side to side
as it moves whereas the horse moves up and down. Some of us rode the water
buffalo into the – well, water. Most of us stayed on land though. Next off, we
went fishing. Some of us were able to throw the net at the fish, although we
didn’t catch any. We continued to fish for crabs. It’s like fishing with a fishing
pole- you lure the crabs in with the bait, and when they grab it, you pull up
and dump it into the bag. Everyone was really good at it. Most people caught
around at least twenty crabs. We let them go after we were done. After that, we
went to an ancient village. There was a lot of shop vendors, and a giant temple
in the center. Our tour guide explained to us about the statues there, and how
each one represented a different god/goddess/spirit. They all represented a different
part of their culture. It was really fascinating. Afterwards, we went to the “marble
mountain” which is exactly that – a mountain with marble inside. It was a
fairly small mountain, located in the middle of a city, but it had another
temple on it. We went inside of a cave that was created when a missile struck
the mountain, and saw several more religious statues there. It was surprising
to see how a missile crater was turned into a religious cave. We ended the day
with eating dinner. The food was unique and tasty, as most Vietnamese food is.
If there’s one thing I can say I loved the most on this trip, it’s the food. Well,
other than shooting guns and making cool poses in front of old tanks. The food
was delicious, although the interior of the house was really smoky. I had to go
outside a couple times because my eyes couldn’t handle the smoke. All in all,
it was an amazing day.
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