Today we hatched a plan to go visit the orphanage in Vung Tau to see where our kids spent the first few months of their lives. We thought that since, hopefully, Cai will be getting out of the hospital shortly, that making a trip to Vung Tau with only one child would be a good introduction to traveling with kids. So today, the plan was to do some shopping for items that we could donate to the orphanage....clothers, diapers, formula, toys. I thought that we should just head to the "Walmart" beside the hospital, but Virginia was convinced that Binh Tanh market would be a better option. Somehow, that shopping trip for the orphanage left us with 2 new North Face Backpacks, a blouse for Virginia, a dress for Virginia and a wall hanging on hold for us.......what happened to the orphanage? So on the way home, we dropped Virginia off at our local store and I took Tri home for his bath and bedtime. So yes, we did get some great things for the orphanage, but not at Binh Tanh market! Pictured below is Tri. He's enjoying his milk while Virginia is scoping out some food at the stall. We went with the fresh spring rolls (my favourite food thus far in Vietnam).The great news for Cai is that she is now in a semi private room with only one other baby. Hopefully this will reduce the risk of secondary (or tertiary?) infection. We'll stop in quickly tomorrow before heading down to Vung Tau. We've hired a car to drive us there (about 2 hours south). It willl drop us off, and then we'll take a ferry/hydro foil back the next day.
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