Our favorite restaurant
Our neighbors are helping us buy fresh fruit
The three-day-old newest comrade of Vietnam, our neighbor's grandson--it's only 90 degrees out but baby is dressed for snow
Life on our alley
Kai's room on the third floor. (See how close the neighbors are?)
Our fourth floor balcony with a view of the 'hood.
The view straight ahead. (Notice the metal roofs)
The view to the right
Looking straight down onto our alley
Kai in our living room/ dining room/ garage
Kai with two of his little friends
Mom taking Vietnamese lessons. They call me that because they heard Kai call me mom; they think that's my name.
Nghia and Ky teaching the neighborhood mom
our stairs
dance revolution
Vietnamese public wiring right out our front door
The bike, the legend, the ... baby?
a tailor on the latest equipment
L-R: Ti (7), Kai (8) and Truc (8)
Our little kitchen, no hot water, but plenty of ants
leftovers from a Monday 8 am wedding right outside our front door
The people on the stairs; our newest staircase to the fifth floor terrace
Top of the world, Ma! Directly behind the red chair is our water tank of 300 gallons (1000 liters).
Traditional instrument - gorgeous girl
Our canal ride with a few traffic stops
A bucolic Vietnamese waterway in the canopied Mekong canal
Kai watching coconut candy being made
The jungle book ride
Thao, one of our English students and guides
That's what you look like after a swim in the Mekong
Karaoke Mama entertaining the boat with a song
Thompson and Thomson
Meat chopping business right outside our front door
Robin helps celebrate a neighbor's birthday
The kids' table.
May-ee and Long with Kai
Karin's new Vietnamese outfit. Cute accessory not included
World's cutest wild hogs
Karin babysits baby Hoa while his mother chops vegetables. I love this job.
Corner pharmacist and her granddaughter whom I babysit. Notice how small the shop is. Behind the curtain is her kitchen. She raised 3 kids here.
NOT rush hour. It's knee-to-knee in rush hour.
Squid and shrimp at the market. Most of the fish are kept alive...whack!
Vendor is perched on a little stool above her veggies
Seafood vendors. I'm half in the photo so they would think Robin is photographing me.
One of Kai's tiny grandmothers, OK, great-grandmothers
Vegetables at the market are so beautiful and fresh.
Cute grandma at the fish stall
Market near our house. Kai refused to walk farther after seeing a runaway crab on the floor racing for the door.
The little boy doesn't usually get to play with men. He loved Tin, who is my Vietnamese tutor.
My tutor Tin checks out his photos. Baby's hair stands straight up.
The babies play after their bottles. These are pre-crawlers.
A beautiful baby girl--I think. I didn't check for any extraneous parts.
Baby boy hanging on for dear life
This 3-year-old wouldn't let go. My arms were ready to fall off.
This orphanage gets a lot of donations of rugs, mats and toys from foreigners.
The bigger babies on a colorful mat with nice toys, except for the one I'm holding. I couldn't figure it out.
Time to burp
Equipment for disabled kids lines the walls, but there isn't enough staff to actually get it out and use it. A friend of my tutor behind me also has his hands full.
This little guy didn't allow me to put him down to play with his cribmates. He cried if I so much as touched another baby. He fell asleep in my arms.
Kai hands out gifts at Christmas
Talia and Kai enjoy a Vietnamese Christmas
A treat from America
Family trip to Angkor Wat, Cambodia at Christmas
12th century Hindu ruins in Cambodia
From the year 980--Cambodia. Each door gets smaller and smaller
Girls line up for the army
Marisa and Talia on a boat in Cambodia
Houseboats on a lake in Cambodia
Angkor Wat temple gods
Marisa being less than respectful on the temple grounds
Marisa and Talia before they were pushed in. (not really)
Tin, my tutor; Hong, our neighbor: and a bald Robin
