Phuong and I arrived back home earlier this afternoon. We are both tired and glad to be back; the trip was good but tough going. I'm happy to be back on American food. Our most exotic meal was in the jungle outside of Tri An. We ate wild boar, fox curry, snake salad, and snake porridge. They brought the snake out to show us before they killed it. The staff drained the blood from the snake and mixed it with rice wine for us to drink. Since I was I suppose the guest of honor, I was "privileged" to get the snake's spleen in a shot of rice wine. Apparently it was to make me feel great the next day, but I didn't. When we later visited Phuong's uncle and cousin in My Tho, we drank more rice wine that had had a poisonous snake soaked in it for about 5 years (Phuong's brother Hieu bought the snake when he last visited). It tasted pretty good, but also didn't sit well with me. I think my snake-consuming days are over.
Now I have to turn my attention to getting ready for classes to start.
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