Wanniassa have now completed their community project and are now in Sapa about to start their trek.
At the Orphanage, we designed 7 bedrooms according to what the kids wanted, and did base coats in each bedroom and in 2 main hallways. Each group of 4 were assigned to a room and each group designed the different rooms with patterns, animals and trees and things like that. We completed painting the 7 bedrooms and we painted the hallways yellow. Every morning and evening we rode to and from the orphanage for around 4 km's. Christmas morning we woke up to a nice breakfast and stockings with sweets, chocolate and small toys from the teachers, our secret Santa presents and also a secret present each from our families - thankyou to all our parents from the group! We spent a good Christmas with the kids too, and taught 2 classes some English as best as we could, then gave away all our Santa hats to some of the children. We also managed to get 65 toothbrushes and toothpaste for the kids and some sweets, along with colouring pencils and a few other little things. All of us spent some more time with the kids before leaving.
After we got back to our hotel, we went to bed then the next morning we caught the bus to Ha Long Bay. The first morning we all went kayaking with Tim (our tour guide) and we kayaked around Ha Long Bay for around an hour in the rain, but even though it was raining it was really fun.
The group is all having a lot of fun, even though we're all really tired.
We all say hi.
-Wanniassa
HI Wanniassa Crew, it is so nice to hear from you and see a photo of you all. It sounds as though you are having a great time. Hope you all bring back heaps of photos and memories to share. Have a great New Year. Enjoy, be safe, and let the experience you are having take you to new and wonderful places. See you all in Sydney. The NEALL Family. xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteHi Everyone, glad to hear everyone is well and that the project at the orphanage went well. Wishing you all a happy new year, see you all soon. The Avery's
ReplyDeleteHi all, glad you all are having a great time. Sounds like you have done a wonderful job designing and painting the orphanage. How lucky was it that Santa found you in Vietnam. Have a Happy New Year. The Gurneys
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Glad to hear from you all,sounds like you are having a great time.Look forward to hearing more news soon. luv The Reids.
ReplyDeleteG'day to the Wanniassa Mob, Great to read the latest news, view the photo and read the comments from other families. Have fun, enjoy the "trek" and have a happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing you all at the airport.
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Hi FK (Ash G) and everyone, Glad to hear that you are having an 'excellent adventure'. Have fun :)Luv Aunty Tracey
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ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you. Sounds like your all having a really good time but tiring. Glad Santa found you as well. Can't wait to see you at the airport. Hope your trek was fun
Luv The Swan's
Hi Everyone, Sounds like your having a fantastic experience and we are very jealous of you here. As Josh's Dad, I'm sure his leaving the country has nothing to do with the current 2 losses by the Aussie Cricket team. Keep smiling and enjoy yourselves to the max ...
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you all! What a great time you are having - and I'm so proud of you all for work completed at the orphanage. Enjoy the rest of the trip - sounds like great fun. Rachel and Kellie - thanks for everything: you are inspirational! Karin Nagorcka
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