Finally here!

After what felt life forever, I'm finally in Can Tho! It was a pretty easy trip. 7 hour flight, 14 hour flight, two hour flight. And literally no layover time in the airports because of a couple of delays. Then a three hour drive from the airport, and finally a ferry to Can Tho! I can't believe I'm here, it's kind of surreal. I slept all day yesterday, but besides going to bed early tonight I'm not having too much of a jet lag problem. Some pictures to hold you over.

I got my schedule today! I'll be teaching three sections of Listening and Speaking for 4th year students and two sections of a pronunciation class for first year students. I think that one will be difficult, but that doesn't start for another few weeks so I have some time to figure it out. So far everyone has been so nice. I'm living with two German girls, but they leave soon and I'm not sure who is coming in next. Next door are two American girls who went to Princeton and are doing exactly what I'm doing, so I'm technically not alone in this! Then there's a German guy, Chris, and a few others I haven't met yet. Everyone in this row of apartments speaks English, but no one else anywhere does. It's really crazy. Luckily I have the greatest translator ever, An. She took me around and get some things I needed and is fluent in both languages, so I'm not sure what I'd do without her. 

I've also adopted a cat! I know I don't really like cats, but Chris feeds it every day and he's going back to germany for a few months and told me he'd give me money to buy the food and all I had to do was put it out every day. This is something I think I can handle. 

Driving here is ridiculous. Everyone has a scooter and there don't appear to be any rules. But as chaotic as is seems to be, everything works out. Turning left is the HARDEST, but once in a while the path just opens up for you. I just have a regular bike and it's pretty terrifying. Today I rode on the back of An's scooter and I loved it. A lot less scary then I thought it would be, I actually enjoyed it. The city is so awesome and I can't wait to explore it! 

Things I may get use to:

Lizards on the wall.

Toads on the floor. 

Sleeping with a mosquito net.

Stalkers.

Broken english.

Things I'll never get use to:

Cockroaches.