there is a difference between the people in the north and the south...the northerns are a little more closed...when khanh was explaining it to me it sounded the way that new englanders are often described here...the people in the south were much more open and talkative....
the people of viet nam believe heavily in tradition and looking forward, not back....everything they do has a reason and they don't waste anything....they are hard working and don't have debt....if you live there you don't buy anything unless you have the money for it....your house doesn't get built until you have the money for it....they work many hours a day and on weekends...sunday is family day and people will travel far to spend time with their families....
it is an expectation of the oldest son to take care of the parents as they age....no child moves out of their parents house until they get married....people work until their children are able to support them or they get ill....if there is no son in the family, father will speak to the daughter's husband's family to see if they will allow their son to live with them....it made me think alot about how we treat our own parents as they age....or how some parents don't want to live with their children....
here are some pictures of the people i saw.....
these farmers are harvesting rice
this farmer is feeding his water buffalo
this is mrs. viet...she is showing us how to make rice paper
this is our host family for our home hosted meal in DaLat
this is an example of how much stuff they put on their motorbikes
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