iProject Day Two
24Nov 2006

GOOD MORNING LAO CAI! So the train stopped at Lao Cai train station and we packed up out stuff and alighted the train.



We met up with some others at the gate later as they were in another cabin and rode 4 separate vans to go to Sapa. The ride wich was 2hours long was filled with the sounds of horns from vehicles and picture perfect view of the mountains, low lying clouds and also man-made terracing. The best part was when we were shocked at the piles of cow dung left on the road. eww. We also passed by several schools, none of which we're going. Soon enough we reached Royal View Hotel and brought our luggages down to the lobby where we were served with some Vietnamese green tea. It wasn't really nice- or maybe we're just pampered with the sweet things in life.haha. Anyway we're not ready to check in, so we had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. I could only eat the vegetarian noodle (wich looks like maggie mee), the fried rice, fried egg, some sandwiches and the fruits. Too bad I can't eat the bacon or sausages. oh well... After breakfast, we brought our bags to some holding rooms as some of us will be living in another hotel (Mountain View Hotel), wich is a 1 minute walk from Royal View. And so the guys who will be shifting to another hotel posed on the bed. haha


ok ronald's EXTRA..haha

OH and guess what?when i wanted to remove some big waste at the toilet, i found out that I CANT FLUSH IT! omg...so i called for room service. I pity the plumber assisting in the plumbing works. oh wEll..So we went down to ride the van to Ta Van School which was about a half an hour ride. We were welcomed by a banner n two neat rows of vietnamese kids who clapped when we walk pass them. OH MANN.. the schools doesnt look dat bad.theres 3 buildings.2 belongs to the secondary schools wile 1 for the primary school.n so we went into a classroom for a welcome greeting and dance. There, we were also served Vietnamese green tea. This time i forced myself to gulp down half of it.


Now thats us sitting on small benches. If you were to notice my hair colour is somehow different. I LOVE it anyway. haha

The performance were so cute especially when the small kids came in to perform. haha. so after that we walked around the school and by the time it was around noon, we went back to our hotel, check in, have lunch and return to the school to begin construction

DIG SCRATCH DIG SCRATCH
the ground mind you, not elsewhere...geesh!
we had to do some levelling works u see..we also tored down their beds with hammers n the power of shaking..haha..OH n a hammer flew to the wall..its like OH MY GOD..luckily no one was in that direction...so it was about 4pm(singapore 5pm) dat we left the school to return to our hotel to freshen up, have dinner and debrief/reflections. I enjoyed reflections i guess.

After that we returned to our hotel n had supper. Fortunately 3 of the guys' room could merge via the balcony. so we had fun eating supper, talking crap n sharing jokes.

oh n look under 'collections' to view all the pictures!

goodnite vietnam