Tết

So.

It's the Holiday Season!!!

I am about to celebrate my second New Year!! This time, Vietnamese New Year. I feel incredibly lucky that I get to see in two New Years in such a short space of time.

I've been in Vietnam for 3 weeks and have only been teaching for two weeks, and now I have nearly 2 weeks off.

Tomorrow morning (in 9 hours) I'm flying to Laos. We are going there for two days, and will also take a trip to Thailand. We're flying back to Vinh for two days (the last day and the first day of the years) and then we'll be off to Nha Trang, Ho Chi Minh and Binh Duong. My carbon footprint is going to dramatically increase over the next few days.

When I come back from Laos I hope to write a longer update. The past few weeks have been busy but so great! After Tết however, I will be even busier as I have 3 more classes - an extra 8.5 hours a week - to teach!

I better get some sleep anyway! But here is a video from a Vietnamese TV news station where I appeared in the background a few times! I was invited to a Year End celebration from the People's Committee of Nghe An Province (so all the important people were there!) where speeches, food, drinks, dances and lots of hand shaking took place!

The invitation

Second row seats

Awesome food display

Life needs a little chaos to make it interesting.

Lizzie x