Sunday was our Vung Tau Day Trip. Vung Tau is a peninsula that is east of Ho Chi Minh City. It’s a beach town that is right on the water. We woke up early and took an hour and a half long boat ride on a hydro- planer boat. I was rather tired that morning so I slept the whole ride down. I was told that the water that we were riding down on was heavily used for oil mining.
Once we arrived at Vung Tau we went to get a quick drink then went to a Buddhist temple. We received a quick lesson from our guide, Tin. He explained to us the beliefs and ideologies and that the religion welcomes everyone. The temple was a beautiful building and required that you remove your footwear before you go in.
It was an extremely hot day out and our next visit was this mountain. There is a big statue of Jesus at the top as well as an incredibly view overlooking a coastline of Vietnam. On the hike up the mountain everyone in the group was sweating so much considering it was actually 100 degrees outside. I put sunscreen on before we started but my shoulders were so incredibly burnt after the hike. The view was incredible and well worth the hike but once we got down the whole group agreed it was time for a necessary lunch break.
After lunch we went to the beach for a couple hours and just relaxed and swam in the ocean. We played some mindless games that Tin and Anh our teachers from UEF designed. It was a very long day but I really enjoyed the break from all the companies and relished the chance to just chill out a little.
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