On the second Thursday of our trip we visited the village of My Lai where many innocent men, women, and children were massacred by US soldiers. At the village we heard from one of the few survivors from the massacre. He told his story and his struggles after the tragedy and after some brief questions we accompanied him to his house for lunch.
After lunch, we went back to the village and watched a movie that gave us a brief history about what occurred in My Lai. After the heart wrenching film we did a tour of the village. Next we had a lot of free time on our hands, so Nathan, Mason, Marcus, Brandon, and I just relaxed in my room listening ti music. Afterwards we had Banh Mi which is basically a sandwich which was amazing. We then went to the night market which was lit up from beginning to end with lanterns of all colors. We had about a hour of free time there but before we set off to shop we got to place lanterns in the river and make a wish. At the night market I bought some chopsticks for my family so they can learn how to use them too.
The next day we visited China Beach Memorial which was where US soldiers went to relax. After we had a short but exhausting flight to Hanoi and we quickly met up with our pen pals. When we met up with our pen pals we went to the Peace Village and got to hang out with the children who were affected by Agent Orange. We sang songs and danced with them and the experience was incredibly fun. We then had a tour of the complex and finally we headed out back to the hotel and had dinner.
-Angello
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