It's day three and people are dropping like flies here. Everyone is getting sick, either from some food, or the heat, or maybe even both. This is something that I really noticed in class, when I saw that there weren't too many people there. But in class, we had a lecture on the rural development in Vietnam. Our lecturer spent a lot of time talking about the Mekong Delta and how it affects the city and Vietnam as a whole, mainly because he was from there. The Mekong Delta is the region where they farm catfish, and it's been killing the US catfish game. After class, we all ate lunch and since there were a lot less people, there was a lot less food. And the food was amazing.
In the afternoon, we went to Diamond Plaza to see the US Commercial Service. We were back on American tiling! The US Commercial Service acts as a consulate for American business in Vietnam. While there, we talked to Pat Wall, the head of the department, who told us all about what he does there (and how he isn't appreciated enough for his work). He basically told us everything that we would need to know for when we want to start businesses and work with the Vietnamese government, so I'm definitely feeling pretty ready to take on that adventure now.
After meeting with Pat, we all went back to the hotel where some of us headed up to the pool to relax. Of course, it started raining slushballs and dogs while we were up there. Afterwards, our friend Kate Ngoc, a UEF student, took us all out to dinner at a place called Broken Rice Restaurant. Kate's basically been our tour guide this entire trip. The food was pretty awesome, but even better than the food was a kitten that we think lives there, that we named Slushball. Slushball enjoys playing with plastic, running around, and being praised like the slushy king he is. Even though he had to paw at some legs to try to get food. Afterwards, we headed out to an awesome cafe that was in a slightly sketchy alley, but it was amazing. It also didn't really have a roof. It was a bit of a paradise. Actually it was a lot of a paradise. There was so much nature and there was even a breeze which is perfect when you're in Vietnam. But after coffee (I don't know why we drank coffee before bed), we went back to the hotel to end the day.
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