Wedding in the countryside

Last weekend a bunch of teachers and I went to the province of Vinh Long (3 hours away by bus) for the wedding of a co-worker, Lan.  When we arrived we immediately were served dinner outdoors under a covered tent.  The road was quickly flooding from the tides of the Mekong, so we had to get to the tent area by walking on wooden planks!  We did not see the actual ceremony, but we arrived just in time for the party.

Food was mainly seafood and random Vietnamese dishes such as sausage stuffed in chicken, hot pot, etc.  At Vietnamese weddings, it is customary for the guests to go up and sing songs to the bride and groom.  Some teachers sang songs and the whole place was filled with dancing people and the craziness that comes with drinking.  When Vietnamese people drink beer, instead of saying "cheers" they count to 3... "mot, hai, ba... yo!" and drink.  We stayed at the party for several hours and then boarded the bus back to Saigon.  It was a jam packed day, as we also had parent-teacher inteviews that Saturday morning before boarding the bus.

I have been to 3 Vietnamese weddings now (during my first year - my co-teacher Hong's, Julia/Andy's Vietnamese wedding, and now Lan's).  Each wedding has been so different.  All enjoyable, but this one was definitely the wildest I think!  It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I decided to take the long trip there to attend.