No helmet, oh no!! What do you mean "don't worry family". That's my life to worry, especially when your eyes are closed, how do you know how fast you were going. Now I won't be able to sleep tonight because of nightmares or for that matter ever again at least until you are home. Remember once a mom always a mom. You can never get rid of me. I love you!!
You're a natural Wow, you look so good up there. I always knew you wanted to tell people what to do and give advice. You look so natural. Of course anything you are passionate about you put your whole self into it and it shows. Congrats to my honey bee!!
i agree with cindy. please give norman back his shades. we can find you something else. you look through them, but everyone else has to look at them. no offense directed at you, just your sunglasses.
i love you.
it's not unusual... this is great. you're a real pro. but at the risk of spoiling the professional atmosphere, i have to say that all i could imagine when looking at some of these pictures was a karaoke jam.
You look very professional up there- congratulations! You have good reason to feel proud. How many people showed up? Looks like there was a good turnout...
and do you think I'll ever get answers to any of the questions I've asked in the comments? ;)
Thanks not only for sharing your photos and thoughts but also information on CBT (whew, look at me now with the lingo). I'd never heard of it before, but really like some of the principles involved...
yes you are Sounds like you're really getting to know your stuff, lady! All that fancy lingo and whatnot...
The photo of the rubber tree tap made me curious. what happens next in the process, I wonder?
It will be very interesting to hear, down the road- a year later, etc- what kind of impact this experience has had on you. It has been really fun living vicariously through your experiences. I really would like to visit Vietnam sometime! Maybe you'll get hired on as a consultant. Of course, you'll still get to live here in the States...
i ascertain you're getting paid to get tan and hang out with water buffalo. i was wondering, if they hired you full time, would you get two weeks of vacation at an office building somewhere? you'd have to sit behind a desk under the life sucking fluorescents just to give you a few knots to unkink when you get back to "work".
i'm proud of you and i can't wait for you to find your permanant paid vacation.
creeks and waterfalls I went camping with my and Ethan at Robert Treman in Ithaca (keep thinking about moving there... it's a great town!) We went swimming in the creek by a waterfall. Most of the creek is no more than a couple feet deep (usually shallower) but where we swam there was a spot that was at least ten feet down! It reminded me of Wiscoy, where it's similar. Really deep right by the falls an then shallows out. And it's a pretty smal creek...
fabulous! i'm really proud of you, Missy! it's so amazing that you led this workshop--it sounds like it was a real success! your enthusiasm really comes across. yay!
I'm sure Doanh enjoyed pointing out the nipple with his laser pen. Who knows what his imagination was requiring? :)
i can't possibly express to you how pleased i am that you're getting to experience this. not just the sights but other tourists. we americans so seldom get out of our own country, we don't realize that there exists a rich western "adventure tourist" culture that is really fun to experience and important to be exposed to.
so, was is that you had a couple more days before getting back to work, or was being a tourist yourself a part of your internship?
sorry i didn't comment right away- i was on vacation all last week!
Hi! Missy, I NEVER, EVER took you for a guy!!!!!!!!! I guess if I were just reading, maybe, since 'we' dont usually think of a female traveling alone in VN, BUT.....no, I NEVER took you for a guy!!!!!! (Any comments, Woods??)
Am thoroughly enjoying your documentaries and pictures.
Love you!
I've been thinking ...about how you really are getting the best of both worlds on this trip. I mean, you're involved in a humanitarian effort, but it involves tourism, which of course requires you to do some tourist-type activities, and, apparently, a lot of sightseeing! Sometimes humanitarian work involves being in the asscrack of third world countries, working under miserable conditions with little relief. I have for a long time been planning on doing some sort of humanitarian work overseas for a few years of my life and your experience has opened up a new door in my mind...
It looks like your reaching the end of the batch photos that I saw when you were here, so I'm looking forward to some new ones soon!!
:)
"Me and Hmong Women Down By the Schoolyard" Ah, so that's the cause of the black tongue. How weird.
Boy, you're really taking every opportunity to enjoy the rice wine there, aren't you? Whatever will you do when you get back?
"Woods, I'm going out."
"Where are you going? IT BETTER NOT BE TO GET MORE RICE WINE!!"
"You can't tell me what to do! Go to hell!"
"Don't expect me to wait up for you!!"
SLAM!
(sound of Woods sobbing)
Or, maybe not.
Hey, since your're going to have so many extra guilt souvenir purchases, you should bring me back a bracelet ;)...
shrapnel I wondered what that was when I saw your photos at the campsite- I thought it was some kind of giant bean pod :). Seeing these reminded me that I thought they were some of the best photos you've taken so far. The one with the concentric circles is really nice. And I love that boat you rode on! Speaking of Willy Wonka, I'll send a link to your myspace account with a funny spoof of the first movie (re: the scary tunnel). I think you'll get a kick out of it. So either check now if you can, or when you get back... :)
that last comment was mine I guess I forgot to put in my name! I hope you didn't think it was some creepy guy who was stalking your blog, reading and commenting of every single entry, sometimes multiple times...
um, I think I'll go now...
I am a graduate student of anthropology in my early 30's focusing on community-based cultural tourism. I am from Philadelphia (U.S.A.) and I am married to Woods, who writes funny, scary, and affecting stories and sets them to punk/western/surf/folk music. I usually do not travel in comfort but I do travel well.
Update: I am in Tanzania for 10 months conducting research for my PhD in Cultural Anthropology. I'm the resident Mzungu in the mostly Maasai village of Longido, which is about 1.5 hrs north of Arusha. I'm writing about my experiences as a traveler in Tanza... full info
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WOOHOO!!
Go Missy! This is so awesome! Way to "sell" your dream! One question, though,....who is this Jason person???? (hehehe!)