Hello, again, everyone. I've been away from town for a few days because my Dad had a conference up in the city of Danang, which is in central Vietnam. We decided to make it into a vacation, too, so we explored around the area and stayed in a hotel by the beach.

One day we hiked up this big hill called "Marble Mountain" that has lots of caves, statues, and temples on it. There are five hundred steps going up the mountain, and I walked all of them by myself! This is a picture of one of the caves, with a Buddha statue inside:
Here's a picture of me exploring inside one of the caves with a flashlight. It was really dark in there and kind of spooky, but pretty neat, too.
My Mom and Dad are really good about making sure that I stay on top of my studies. Here's a picture of me sitting in the hotel restaurant working on math. I can do addition up to twenty now, and can read lots more words than when I first arrived here. I'm also learning about maps, which is pretty neat.

Well, that's it for now. I can't believe my time in Vietnam is almost half over!

Love, your friend,

Hudson