Visit to Mom's Home in Khanh Hoi

Yesterday we went to Khanh Hoi, just 10 minutes outside of Saigonto the house where my mom grew up. It was quit interesting for me.

When we arrived, I met my cousin Anh Hoang, a couple of uncles and a few more cousins for the first time. It was a bit odd at first because I didn't really know what to say to them. My Vietnamese has improved quite a bit. Hoang mentioned that I spoke Vietnamese much more clearly that he thought I would (yay me! - I knew I could do it). I thought one of my Uncles (Ong Mu) was quite funny. He told me that compared to Vietnamese standards, I'm still considered to be "short" here! Hah! Oh well, my dreams of being a tall or at least average height here has been short lived (no pun intended) :)

Apparently, they did some major renovations to the house in 1998 as the home used to have a bamboo, leafy type roof and dirt floors! It now has walls, tile floors and a real roof.

The visit was nice and we out for dinner at a place that sells Binh Xeo (a curried crepe stuffed with bean sprouts, shrimp and pork). It was very tasty!

Well it's 7:02 am and I need to get ready to go to the Buddhist temple to pay my respects to my grandparents.