Video produced/edited by Alen & Savannah

Hello everyone!

Today is the best day because we moved to a different city! In the morning, we woke up at about 5:20 a.m., packed everything into our backpacks, and then got ready for the day! We ate our breakfast from last night's store. We met at the lobby at 5:50 a.m., got on the big bus, and went to the airport. 

The airport part was very interesting because they said the airplane couldn't have more than eight deaf people on the same plane, so all of us, 13, are deaf. They won't let us get on the plane together. So Jennifer and Wilmonda talked to other workers to get all of us on the same plane, but they were still stubborn about more than eight deaf people not being on the same plane. They said we had to split into two groups, so we didn't want that, so they decided to call a man who was also a passenger on the same flight to be our "babysitter." 

That was so funny, but at the same time, are they serious? We feel that their thoughts on us are that deaf people are dumb and not smart enough! Anyway, the more important thing is that we made it so that all of us could be on the same plane together. Then, we finally entered the gate and waited for the bus to pick us up. The bus was here, then we entered, and we did not realize that we would walk outside to enter the plane, but that was so cool! My dream finally came true! The fight from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang was about an hour.

We arrived at Da Nang and picked up our bags. After getting our bags, we met another tour guide around Da Nang. Our tour guide's name is Bing. We put our bags and things in the back of the bus and then went to a restaurant to eat lunch. The restaurant "Mi Quang Ec (Bep Tran)" has satisfied us, so we are all good. Then Bing wanted to take us to a coffee place called "Cong Ca phe," so we decided to go there, and their coffee tasted really good! That place was a very cozy and dark room. The vibe from the coffee place gave me the Harry Potter vibes.

We are finally on our way to a small deaf school called Central Deaf Services. That school only had 25 students plus five teachers; one is hearing while the other four are deaf! The students were so friendly and sweet! An American couple came to Vietnam to help deaf students to support them, so they decided to build the deaf school in 2014, which was 20 years ago. We walked around the school, met the students, and did some math stuff. Then, we went to the first floor to hang out with the students and play different games. Then they let us leave our blue handprints on the wall, which was really cool, and they will remember us forever! We stay there for about two hours, and then we give them our gifts at the end. They were excited and happy, and seeing them touched our hearts. Then we left and headed to Hoi An for 30 minutes.

At Hoi An, we are going to our hotel, which is the family's owner's house, but there are many rooms where many people can sleep. But Wilmonda reserved all the rooms so that house is full of us. There are no other people in there. That is nice because we can do everything there and that place called "Coco Viet HomeStay" is also better than previous places because there are beautiful places! Also, Savannah, McKenna, and I had the best room because we had a front balcony with beautiful chairs! While the boys/men sleep on the third and fourth floors. 

Then dinner time, we went to a restaurant called "Bale Whale", which is really good. Finally, we ate a meal that filled our stomachs, and they even gave us a little dessert. Afterward, we went to a place where the deaf work at Hoa Nhap Coffee. There are pretty places with a big tree in that building, and that's cool. One person was hearing with a wheelchair, so they wanted to set up the building to support the DA people. So the fronts work only for deaf people while the back builds only for HC people who will make coffee, tea, etc. 

After that, we decided to walk through different markets. Some places can negotiate, and some don't, so we just wanted to see what it looked like around the beautiful small "town" where many tourists come. Then we went back to the hotel at 10:30 p.m. Some of us journaled, showered, worked on vlogs/blogs, and chatted. That's all for today! Good night!

-Tamara