So the first task I've assigned myself is to obtain a Vietnamese driver's license so I can legally commit suicide on the roads of Vietnam. (Just kidding Mom... no really, I'll be careful) I called the US Embassy to see if they had any advice for me and they said I could come down and get a letter prepared in Vietnamese that I can use at the Department of Transportation to prove I have a motorcycle endorsement. Hopefully that means I will only have to pay a small fee and get a new license, no tests required.
Since the embassy is in the same district I'm currently living in, I decided to just walk down. It was a leisurely half hour walk, and on the way back I picked up some bún chả for lunch and had a quick iced coffee break at a café, since it was starting to warm up a bit. Every 60 feet there was a xe ôm driver trying to get me on his bike. I guess that will be one advantage to getting my own.
Now I just have to wait for the embassy to call me back and let me know the letter is ready to be picked up. Then will come part 2: dealing with the Vietnamese equivalent of the DMV.
I had a blog when I first moved to Oregon to keep in touch with my friends in California. In about 2 months it pretty much went inactive. Hopefully this blog won't suffer the same fate as my old blog :D
ReplyDeleteIt'll probably take that long just to finish part 2 of the driver's license saga, haha!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't verified the definition yet, but Cara and I are pretty sure your Viet name means DUDE!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update! Now all us po folk who can't afford to visit Vietnam can live vicariously through you! Thanks for being such a good host : )
Gap lai sau
Anh Rich and Chi Cara
Too bad you weren't able to come to my going away party. That would have proved conclusively the definition is, unfortunately, not "DUDE!". But it's certainly nice to hear from you guys, hope you're able to make the trip someday, it's definitely worth it.
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ReplyDeleteJust got home 10pm Friday the 7th, loved the going away party......awesome. Phuong and Thi took me to Huong Pho before I left, yum yum!!
Now I have to unpack my car, or correction all your stuff in my car, that Lawrie did not want :-)
It will have to go under the bed haha As for the word suicide son, not a good word to use, thank you for straightening that out. Had good trip home, miss being on the road.....
Larry told me as soon as I got in that I could get a new Sonata if I wanted to, I said I like my car, and are you going to pay for it? He said no, you are, here we go again hehe
Love you son, Mom