Touchdown Hanoi

Touchdown Hanoi!  After leaving Sioux Falls 37 hrs ago, we are all safe and sound in the La Casa Hotel in Hanoi, at 12:30 am Wednesday.  The students are doing great, and excited about what lies ahead.  Our tour guide, Tony Ta, is really good, and we were picked up in a very nice air conditioned, which is really good because we have double 90’s here – temp and humidity.  It was great watching the students expressions as we left the airplane and got into the sky-ramp, and it literally felt like walking into a wall.  We certainly have to worry about windchill for the next 12 days!

That’s it here, and looking for a great start tomorrow at the US Embassy and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture.

Pictures are from Tokyo Airport and LaCasa Hotel



 

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