Visit home town

Back in Ba Vi home town again, this time we stayed for one week to relax and eat a lot! I look so skinny here, because I was sick for the whole trip! :( But Thao's mom made porridge for me, bought me oranges, and took good care of me...




The preferred method of transportation! Try to imagine me riding this bicycle on a bumpy dirt road with a very big pregnant Thao sitting on the back... And then when I tried to stop at her sister's house, the handbrake fell off and I couldn't stop! I had to drag my feet, and we ended up waaaay down the road.




The garden looks nice and green. Can you find someone hiding there?
















Thao got a lottt of new pregnant dresses from her sister. Here she is showing that she still looks good!




Thao's parents have lots of chickens...




... and some cats...








Visiting Ao Vua



Wow, my hair is getting really long! The plan is to make it curly like a surfer dude... If that doesn't work, then I'll just cut it all off again!




It was a nice day, so many people where here for wedding photos.




We spotted a tiger near the river!




Now Thao is starting to be a real pregnant girl... she is always eating!










The old hotel where my family and Terri stayed for our wedding.




The new hotel is open now on the other side of the river. Looks nice!








They emptied the water of the swimming pond to clean it...















Two girls from another wedding.






Visiting Uncle's house






The flypaper gets full very fast on the farm!!




Thao practices feeding a baby... a baby pig! This pig was too small, so they have to keep care of it and feed it milk so it can get strong. Yeah, so it can get big and they can eat it later!!




4 dogs and a pig







The rest of the new pig family...

Wedding and Birthday

On June 13th we went to a wedding in Thao's hometown for her highschool friend. The bride lives very far from the groom in another province, so he had to wake up at 2am to go pick up the bride!







It was very hot that day, but still a lot of fun with all of Thao's highschool friends




Toasting the groom. The guy next to me was drunk and kept talking to me all day, but it gave me a good chance to practice my Vietnamese ;))




Wow, you can see how long my hair is! I think it is longer than Thao's now!




A silly pic with the groom.




Still the cutest couple in Ba Vi!




My sexy wife in front of her parent's new store.




I helped out in the store too! I sold some Ajinomoto to a customer... Actually Thao's mom wasn't there, so I had to run back to the house to ask how much it was, then I could sell it! ;))




It was my birthday that day, so my new family prepared a feast for me. I watched how my brother cooked the big fish:

1. Beat the fish on the head with a stick
2. Shove the stick deep up the fish's mouth
3. Put the stick in the ground, so the fish is hanging straight up
4. Put a lot of hay around the fish
5. Light it on fire and try not to feel bad when you see the fish flapping around
6. Let it smoke for 10-15 minutes or so

It was verrry good!

























Tom is kissing me.:D




Thao thought it would be a good idea to give the baby some cake.... uh oh!







I only hold babies when they are cleaned up!! :)




The next day we went to Khoang Xanh resort in Ba Vi to go swimming with Chip and her friends.




Well, the kids went swimming anyway... Thao went swimming for 5 minutes and then saw it was very dirty and full of seaweed and spent the next 30 minutes in the shower! And after we got home, Chip's Mom has almost an hour to shower for Chip. (Chip in green swimming suite)







After that we went to visit #4 sister at her new house. Tom and Father Vinh.




He wants my coca cola.







The next day we went to Ao Vua, where we had our wedding photoshoot.







I was surprised to see these pools here, I have been to Ao Vua so many times, but never came up to this part :)




Of course, we met lots of Thao's family there... At the beginning Thao thought they were just the guests, but then one of those guys found out that Thao was there so they came and introduce themselves to Thao... Oh you know what, they are all Thao's family but just coz Thao didn't come back to her hometown much, they didn't know each other unti now.




I call this pic "Staying cool in the hot summer"







The new hotel they are building looks very nice. Even the shops have all been fixed up







We see the raining coming from the mountain. Time to go home.