Tuan who works in social centre joined this trip with us. Tuan is a friendly man and he was so eager to tell us about his hometown's pride: "Ho Chi Minh president was born in Nghe An, also his hometown". There is a very beautiful lotus lake on the way to Ho Chi Minh's parents' house. UM and HANU students, especially girls looked so pretty beside lotus- the national flower of Vietnam. We took many photos here.
I saw many Vietnamese visit Ho Chi Minh's hometown. It was nearly as crowded as the day to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum on the last week. We also had to stand in two lines to see the house where Ho Chi Minh was born, the garden and the ancestor altar with a lot of flowers under it, which are from visitors- Ho Chi Minh's children ( a friendly way to call Vietnamese citizens). I realized how much Vietnamese people love Ho Chi Minh and his parents. Their visits expressed the great respect to Vietnam's big father- Ho Chi Minh.
On the way back to the bus, we dropped by the souvenir shop of Tuan's family. He introduced us to his mother, his wife when he was holding his son on his arm. We bought some friendship bracelets and took photos with them here. Tuan's wife was so glad to tell me that she would sell every souvenir with the cheapest price because we are volunteers for the social centre. I was so pleased that the works we did at the centre were recognized.
Then, we moved to Cua Lo beach. This was the first time I had ever swam on the beach at noon. It was very hot and sunny, but we had a ot of fun ^^
When we were sunbathing, many local people gathered and invited us to buy their souvenirs. That made us uncomfortable. Some of us felt very angry when one man came near to take photos of us while we were in bikini. He was so rude!!!
Coming back to the hotel, we had a debrief about the whole day. We talked about the problem on the beach. I really remembered and appreciated what Truc and T. A said, " We come Vietnam, not only to enjoy nice people and nice places, but also to understand and see the real life of Vietnam that is not totally as beautiful as we have imagined before this trip. We need to learn how to accept bad situations and see everything more positively, and consider them as features of Vietnamese culture.
We really enjoyed the day!!!!
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