Meet The Family

Early Sunday morning Uyen's aunt picked me up for a drive to the province of Dong Nai. On the way we picked up her uncle. The trip of only 100km, (about 80 miles), took close to three hours. We arrived at the small village that Uyen's,parents, sister,and grandmother live. Uyen's aunt speaks very good English and translated what turned out to be about a forty minute conversation with mother and father. After that, we sat down with the whole family for Sunday dinner. Uyen's family moved to Dong Nai from central Vietnam after the war ended, or as the commies would put it, "Liberation". There is a strong Christian presence with churchs everywere. The churchs we passed that were holding service were packed to overflowing. I took a number of photos but the low speed connection I have, is having problems up-loading the shots so, I may have to wait till we get back to Saigon on Thursday to do that. I am writing from our hotel in Phu Quoc and we have just returned from a long swim in the warm S. China Sea and a walk to the town for breakfast. This is absolute paradise!