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Tara Cloud
Fabulous Vipassana
Congratulations on your meditation retreat! I'm also a fan of Vipassana, but in California (and probably Finland), 10-day retreats are easier. You get three full, yummy veggie meals and alternate sitting and walking meditation which is easier on your body. If you want to keep up your practice, I highly recommend finding a weekly sangha or else it will be very easy to forget your daily meditation. Hoi An sounded magical--how great to have a hotel in the green rice fields. Good luck readjusting to life back home!