After a 24h long trip, we have all well arrived to Vietnam 🇻🇳! Every now and then, we will try to send you an update on our activities, our experiences and our impressions on the Vietnamese culture. Our few days here have already been incredible (like you’ll see below) and we’re sure that the rest of the trip will be even more enriching. To follow in live all our adventures here with the population of Buoc Village, don’t forget to subscribe to our social medias accounts : Day 1 : Charles & Aymeric This trip started at 6.30am at Roissy Charles de Gaulle in order to take of at 8.55 to Doha. After 6 hours of flight, we arrived at Doha. We stopped there for 3 hours. We wanted to taste traditional Qatari food, so we stopped by the Burger King. We then took another plane to Hanoï and in order to manage the 6 hours of jetlag we slept. The plane was quite empty so everyone had 3 seats to rest. We arrived in our final destination at 7am local time, we met Nâm who is in charge of the program and took a 5 hours bus to Buoc. During the bus travel, we drove through Hanoï. We were impressed by the traffic and the amount of motorcycles on the road. We also observed a huge difference between very large buildings and smaller traditional houses that were sometimes right next to each other. The 5 hours of travel were breathtaking. We eventually arrived in Buoc after driving through plain, hills, fields. There, we met the family that will host us for the three weeks. We had a long conversation with Nâm about our different cultures. How Vietnamese see European people and the opposite as well. It was very interesting. Nâm is so kind, very joyful and really tries his best to make us feel the best way possible here. After some rest, we had dinner and had a traditional cheering (with a Vietnamese song) with alcohol made up from local mushrooms. We then spent the evening with Nâm. We talked and played music with him. He was playing the guitar and knew some French songs which was funny. We then played card games and finally went to sleep ! Day 2 : Iris & Romane We started our second day with a delicious breakfast! We had rice flour crepes with vietnamese honey and boiled eggs. Our mission representative named Nam presented his charity (SJ Vietnam) and our project for this mission. Then, we left to meet the family for whom we are going to build toilets. The father patiently answered to all of our questions on his family, his way of life and the organisation of the village. After our lunch, Nam gave us a small introduction to Vietnamese, for us to be able to have a short conversation with the villagers. Then, we went to the river to challenge the terrible heat. We played for a while, using the waterfall as a toboggan. We came back home exhausted, and after a nice cleaning to take all the river mood out of us, we had an incredible diner. Just before diner, due to the important rain, the village power came out and we were able to fully appreciate the beauty of the village and the mountain under a cat and dog rain and a lot of flashlights. Day 3 : Raphael & Flore Monday was the day when we started to work. Our trip mission is to build toilets in two houses of the village. Therefore, on our first day we had two tasks, so we divided the team in two groups. The first had to dig a hole for the toilets in the first house. On the other hand, the second group had to carry rocks and sand to the other house. It was exhausting due to the sun, the heat and the physical difficulty of the work. When we came back home, some of us went swimming in the river which is between two rice-fields, while others were resting or setting the table for the lunch. In the afternoon, some children of the village came to see us, therefore we started playing with them. Some played football observed by cows while children were teaching us traditional dances or were drawing with us. After this rich afternoon, we wanted to help our hosts to cook, then we learned how to make nems. So, at the dinner every-one could taste our nems and it was delicious! And it is not the only thing we could try, as we could eat insects and SNAKE! Before getting to sleep local people invited us for a drink.
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