100 Days In Asia

After four flights and 31 hours, we finally made it back to Nola on Sunday. My parents were at the airport to surprise me, and Jonathan’s mom and Walker were there with a ‘Welcome Home’ sign (in English and Thai!) My parents left yesterday and we’ve been recovering from jetlag.

Even though our country has few fans abroad, I am thrilled about being back in the good ol’ US of A. Stay tuned because we still have more posts about our travels coming (since I was a blog slacker while we were away.)

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she wanted to marry him and then found out he was not alone.

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With our new Vietnamese Australian friend, Val, and Tour Guide. Audra was too timid and embarassed to get up on stage.

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This was the band that entertained us… check out the drumset made of plastic tubs and the chef singing backup.

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Intricate mother-of-pearl inlay - Mr. Duong told us that his house floods, just like in New Orleans! (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see next photo!)

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At the “Tran Duong House,” Mr. Duong showed us around his 19th Century house and told us stories of how the house has been in his family for 3 or 4 generations. His father was sent to re-education camps (prison) after the Vietnam war for 8 years, but was subsequently able to move to the U.S. He came back to his home in Hoi An just before he passed away, about 4 years ago.

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He went out of his way to let me take a photo with him…

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They were serving the food for a sit-down party that we did not participate in but Jonathan was attempting to get some handouts. He was not successful.