In the hotel bar after our arrival at the Asia Hotel in Huế.
Warren, Michael, Marielle, Sabina - relaxing!
Paul, Jeff, Phi and Nancy.
The pool on the top floor of the Asia Hotel.
Our room. The flowers on the bed were actually petals arranged like a flower. Beautiful. 
Tam in the hotel lobby.
The bride - from the wedding reception being held at the restaurant. The difference between what we see here and what we saw the past 3 days in Quang Tri is huge. No sign of being poor here.
The wedding reception room. Still not quite sure why all the garbage on the floor but we noticed that at the last hotel. One group of guests were throwing everything on the floor. Not us though!
Dinner
Very good food!
The motorcycles in the restaurant parking lot. Our bus must seem so huge and out of place to people!
Our new room for dinner. We were apparently in the wrong room.
The first room we went to. Then we got moved.
Decorations for the wedding reception at the restaurant.
On our way from Quang Tri to Hue, we stopped for dinner at this restaurant.
A mouthful of decay. I keep thinking how much pain these kids must have been in. It hurts to have a toothache and they have so many cavities. Hopefully they will feel better - tomorrow!
Very crusty eyes. I wish I knew what it was or at least had some antibiotic eye cream.
Back therapy to help ease the aches of bending over all morning. Teresa - are you OK?
The banners: Maple Dental Clinic, Journey for Children & Global Community Services Foundation.
The children on the bus. Many were bussed in for dental care. Many threw up on the bus. The driver cleaned the bus. Now he is headed back with the children. We get to use the bus next so, hopefully, they will not have a repeat performance! Most have never ridden in a car, let alone a bus.
Huong loading the children on the bus.
Teacher Huong leading the children to the bus - in a circuitous route. She is amazing!
Kevin and the banners. 
Huong and the children and the mud.
Paul, Huong, Warren and the children.
Look at the mud and water.
The dental room.
Helmut & Marielle
Warren - not sure what he is doing though.
A view out the front of the bus window - at the animals in the road.
Views from the bus.
This man was walking his water buffalo in front of the Public Health facility where we were teaching. 
Kevin and the dancing girls - well, some of them.
Teresa, Pierre and some of the women from our class - and the Maple Healthcare banner. 
Harriet and two of the women.
Maddy and two of the women.
The dancers. Two different sets of women danced for us.Traditional dances. They were so proud and we were so honored. 
Preparing to pass out the certificates to each of the women.
Thu'y Chicago, Sibina and two of the women.
Harriet and some of the women.
Enjoying afternoon snack.
Thuy Dallas, TH and two of the women.
Dancing during a break. With the health officer. And Phi taking pictures.
The dresses that the womeh are wearing are just beautiful. Traditional dresses/fabric.
Sabina out there dancing!
The bathroom in the hospital room.
Thu'y giving the girl water that we brought over to her.
Sabina and the two midwives who will deliver this young women's baby. They did not, however, seem to be doing any monitoring of her, nor did they know anything to tell her to help ease her pain. Sabina and Nancy showed her some things she could do.
The young woman in labor, her Mother-in-law and her Mother.
The hospital 'hallway'. Each room, which has up to 4 beds, looks out onto this walkway - sort of like the motels of my childhood. They mix men and women in the same room and no sign of screens or curtains.
The Hospital. Right next door to where we were teaching for 3 days. And I though it was an apartment building!
A woman and her infant in the hospital.
The girl in labor is squatting on the floor. Although she is 18, she looks so young. And seems to be in so much pain.
The delivery room. The large oxygen tank at the right is set up and ready to go. There is a small humidifier attached to the oxygen flow meter. And it had very dirty, yucky water in it. It made me sick to think of possibly using that to give oxygen as there have to be so many germs in the water.
The herb garden at the hospital.
Another view of the hospital and one of the side buildings.
The herb garden at the rural health facility that the health officer took us to see. 
Beds at the rural health center. 
The office at the rural health center. They have a Physician Assistant and a Pharmacist.
The rural health facility.
Dallas talking to the people who live next to the health facility.
This old guy was great - just walking down the road.
Thu'y relinquishing her new friend to his owner.
Thu'y Chicago making friends with a water buffalo.
Hmm - he looks fierce but they really seem pretty tame.
Posters at the rural health facility.
The delivery room at the rural health facility. I think Phi has had too much of Nancy and Sabina's women's health lessons. I think he needs a break!
The nutrition chart/food pyramid. This is just what Thuy Dallas has been teaching.
The rural community health center that we were driven to at lunch time. They had a birthing room and some exam rooms and a Physician's Assistant and Pharmacist.
The Dad.
Infant CPR.
Teaching basic newborn resuscitation using a mask and one way valve.
Our hotel in Khe Sanh.
At the end of the day we traveled to Huế, stopping for dinner at a great restaurant. Our hotel is the Asia Hotel and is lovely. Amazing. There is a swimming pool on the top floor of the hotel - with open walls (no windows). And a bar. We all met up in the bar for our 'free drink' and of course a couple more.
History Lesson:
Tomorrow we head to an orphanage in Phu Loc, one of the Districts of Huế Province. The Public Health Team will teach at a local health office and the Dental Team will work at a hospital near the orphanage.
The bathroom in the hospital room.
Thu'y giving the girl water that we brought over to her.
Sabina and the two midwives who will deliver this young women's baby. They did not, however, seem to be doing any monitoring of her, nor did they know anything to tell her to help ease her pain. Sabina and Nancy showed her some things she could do.
The young woman in labor, her Mother-in-law and her Mother.
The hospital 'hallway'. Each room, which has up to 4 beds, looks out onto this walkway - sort of like the motels of my childhood. They mix men and women in the same room and no sign of screens or curtains.
The Hospital. Right next door to where we were teaching for 3 days. And I though it was an apartment building!
A woman and her infant in the hospital.
The girl in labor is squatting on the floor. Although she is 18, she looks so young. And seems to be in so much pain.
The delivery room. The large oxygen tank at the right is set up and ready to go. There is a small humidifier attached to the oxygen flow meter. And it had very dirty, yucky water in it. It made me sick to think of possibly using that to give oxygen as there have to be so many germs in the water.
The herb garden at the hospital.
Another view of the hospital and one of the side buildings.
The herb garden at the rural health facility that the health officer took us to see. 
Beds at the rural health center. 
The office at the rural health center. They have a Physician Assistant and a Pharmacist.
The rural health facility.
Dallas talking to the people who live next to the health facility.
This old guy was great - just walking down the road.
Thu'y relinquishing her new friend to his owner.
Thu'y Chicago making friends with a water buffalo.
Hmm - he looks fierce but they really seem pretty tame.
Posters at the rural health facility.
The delivery room at the rural health facility. I think Phi has had too much of Nancy and Sabina's women's health lessons. I think he needs a break!
The nutrition chart/food pyramid. This is just what Thuy Dallas has been teaching.
The rural community health center that we were driven to at lunch time. They had a birthing room and some exam rooms and a Physician's Assistant and Pharmacist.
The Dad.
Infant CPR.
Teaching basic newborn resuscitation using a mask and one way valve.
Our hotel in Khe Sanh.
Today was our third day of teaching at the Public Health Center. At the end of the day the students received certificates. They seemed quite proud! Several of the women also wore traditional dress and did some dances for us. We discovered that the local hospital was actually right next door. We had taken a van at lunch time and visited a community health center. But discovered the hospital on our own. There was an 18 year old girl in labor. She had been in the hospital for 3 days - came in as she was near her due date and lives far away. She rode to the hospital on a motor bike with her Mother-in-Law and Mother. The hospital and services are free but there is no food. Patients have to purchase their own food. They brought food with them 3 days ago but all that was left was some plain rice. They had no money so she had had nothing to drink all day. I gave her 30,000 VND - not even $2 US. We also took her soup, water and yoghurt. It is amazing the amount of money that we spend at home on silly things - like a cup of coffee or fast food. That same amount can feed a person in Vietnam for a whole day.
At the end of the day we traveled to Huế, stopping for dinner at a great restaurant. Our hotel is the Asia Hotel and is lovely. Amazing. There is a swimming pool on the top floor of the hotel - with open walls (no windows). And a bar. We all met up in the bar for our 'free drink' and of course a couple more.
History Lesson:
Huế is located in Thua Thien prefecture and is in the central part of Vietnam. Located 660 km from Ha Noi and 1080 km from Saigon, Huế has always been considered the fulcrum of Vietnam's two rice baskets, the Red river delta and the Mekong delta. Huế became the name of Vietnam's most well known ancient capital because of the local mispronunciation of the word Hoá in Thuâ.n Hoá. Since the 16th century, Thuan Hoa, due to its strategic location, has been a very prosperous area. The Nguyen Lord chose this area to be their headquarters. Nguyen Anh made it Vietnam's capital city in 1802 after he defeated the Tay Son and ascended to the throne with the name Gia Long. King Gia Long (1762-1819) was credited for building and fortifying Huế from the very beginning.
In the Vietnam War, Huế's central position placed it very near the border between North and South Vietnam. The city was located in the South. In the Tết Offensive of 1968, during the Battle of Huế, the city suffered considerable damage not only to its physical features, but its reputation as well, most of it from American firepower and bombings on the historical buildings as well as the now infamous massacre at Huế committed by the Communist forces.
Tomorrow we head to an orphanage in Phu Loc, one of the Districts of Huế Province. The Public Health Team will teach at a local health office and the Dental Team will work at a hospital near the orphanage.
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