morning commute

This is the length of my commute to and from work. Not too shabby. I walk down two flights of stairs, down this sidewalk and into the building on the right. Almost like working from home. The dorms are all together in this area and the classes are held there, so every morning and every afternoon the proverbial flood gates open and students stream through to their classes. It's quite a sight when they're all holding umbrellas to shade from the afternoon sun.


And this is the building we live in: B5. It's five stories high and we live on the second floor, an easy skip up the stairs compared to living on the fifth floor at the hotel in Ha Noi. Our clothes get washed in the shower area, then hung out in front of our building on wires that stretch from pole to pole. On warm days, like yesterday, the buildings all seem to get covered in clothes hanging to dry.


And this is our messy room. We've got two this size, but 80% of the time the kids are in here. It's small and lacks any decoration, but that just has to wait until I get paid. Money's running real low these day. But the rooms are do-able. It's incredibly helpful just to have an outside to go to, a place to go for a walk without dodging motobikes and street-sellers. It's very basic, but it works.