The homestay feels like glorified camping, with better food! We sleep hostel-style on floor mats in a big thatch-roofed house, with mosquito nets over us to protect us from all varieties of critters that may wander into the space. We share a of couple toilets and showers rooms.
There is an area to hang wet clothes on a line, a camping hammock hanging from the roof, and an outdoor area with tables to eat/read/play cards/relax at. We’ve had a couple great evenings after long work days sitting around those tables conversing with our Vietnamese friends about everything from regional accents to parenting styles, from spirituality to GMO’s.
His wife cooks for us – everything from fried eggs or crepes for breakfast with Vietnamese-style filter coffee to pho, sautéed cabbage, and sesame chicken for dinner, always with fruit for dessert. She’s a great cook! Often around dinnertime we play with their 8-yr-old son or get to hold their oh-so-precious new little baby girl. Chickens and roosters roam the property, often waking us once or twice (or 6 times) during the night with their rooster alarms– talk about free range eggs and meat!
Jen
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