Filling in the gaps

In the spirit of my husband, the professor formally known as E, I'm going to fill in the gaps that our blog wasn't able to capture (thanks to my forgetting to plug in the laptop in Ben Tre...=P):

T's Observations:
1. When in VN, don't forget a calculator (and be ready to become comfortable converting US dollars to VN dong)
2. Plastic flowers are tacky, no matter where you are in the world
3. Outlets are not universal in the different provinces in VN
4. VN Omelettes = fried eggs (be ready for over easy or over medium delivered to the same table)
5. VN has it's own version of Bob Barker - complete w/ the "Beauties" and the cheesy sets (but don't know if VN Bob told the crowd to have their pets spayed or neutered)
6. Be prepared to see you dinner (alive) at the restaurants before eating them - or other exotic animals such as pythons, bats, eels, and monkeys in cages at the local eateries in the southern provinces (E says they have their own personal zoos)
7. E voluntarily drank coconut juice & ate the meat
8. Apparently, there is more than one type of coconut (who knew?)

Quick summary of our stay in Ben Tre
Monday, 10/29

Saw interesting hedges shaped liked dragons, roosters, and other animals at a local museum. In honor of E's dad, I took pictures of the local flora (in focus =D). Took a river tour & our tour guide was able to arrange for us to meet a local family on one of the islands. Yummy treats of local fruits & hot tea (yes, we drank hot tea on a very warm & humid day). Our host said we (the couples) were "well matched" and asked Y to be a match maker for her 4 daughters (she also has a son). Our group earned nicknames from our tour guide (we traveled w/ another couple adopting from VL). J (husband) earned the nickname "Buddha" and his wife T was "Lady Deluxe." I am "The Queen" (no comments from the peanut gallery - I'm already "La Reigna de las empenadas" according to my friend D's mom). Our guide wasn't able to think of a name for E, so he again remains an enigma (not to be confused w/ an enema =D).

Observation - I could never make a 3-point turn in a boat (have enough trouble doing it w/ a car).

Observation - although there may not be flying pigs, there sure are sailing pigs (think they were on the way to slaughter, so I don't think they were happy campers).