New House!!

We finally found a house! It is in a fun location that is outside of the tourist district, but not too far away from the city center. It came unfurnished so to fill up the huge house we ran around to various furniture stores and found a roommate named Mandy. (We did not find Mandy at a furniture store, she is from Craigslist). She works in an orphanage a few times a week and studies Vietnamese... arrives here in about a week.

Last weekend we made our first trip out to the beach at Vung Tao with Adam's family and some of their friends for a day. It was so pleasant to get out of the city and chase waves in the ocean. The women here apparently swim fully clothed so I joined in and swam with my shorts and T-shirt, scandalously hiding my Western two-piece bathing suit. Adam's Uncle explained that prior to 1975 the women wore very skimpy bathing suits, but traded them in for swimwear that covers as much skin as possible with the arrival of the new government...and global warming.

Now that we are settled in, it is time to start work on all of the wondrous business ideas we have and I will, as usual, be working for free! Hope things are going well for everyone. More later...