Catching up, Part Deux

So as it stands right now, our rescheduled travel dates have us leaving Wednesday Nov 15th and arriving in Hanoi on Friday Nov17th. We could have left a few days later, seeing as we dont have to be there until the 20th, but all the flights were booked. At this point I dont care when I leave. Just get me there! My heart went into big time panic mode when we learned from our travel agent that flights for this timeframe were really hard to find. For about a day there I thought we may not be able to get to Vietnam on time! Talk about stress........and fear! But much to our relief, Todd did a great job and managed to get us our tickets.

Since were going to get to Vietnam three days early, our program coordinator suggested that we take a trip to Halong Bay to see the sights. I looked it up and it really looks amazing. So we'll probably do that when we get there. We would love to get to see as much of the country as we can, so I think that the flights getting messed up really worked in our favor. We'll get to have a mini vacation, or a five year anniversary celebration a little early. Still hurts that we missed a week with Tinh though, but little baby, we're getting there as fast as we can!

I think we're just about all set to go now. Everything we had to rearrange has been done, and our bags are just about packed.

Our house is ready for a baby!!! Hurry up and get here Wednesday!

Halong Bay or Bay of Descending Dragons

Local legend says that long ago when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons descended upon what is now Ha Long Bay (hence the name "Bay of Descending Dragons") and began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form barriers against the invaders. The people kept their land safe and formed what later became the country of Vietnam