This post has the potential to be obscenely long. I'll try to condense it to make it an easier read.

To begin, it took me 4 or 5 days of travel (and sleeping in airports) to get home. Time zones and all that mess me up on the counting. It was a very tiring experience, and I'd rather never go through it again if I can help it.

That aside, what more can be said about Vietnam than it is amazing. The diversity (and sometimes lack thereof) is astounding, the landscape is stunning, and the people are usually very friendly. Sometimes too friendly. It was definitely an experience I'm glad I could have.

As for the documentary, Courtney and Hai are still over there, working with the kids (which were very loving and happy for what all they have and don't have). They are really putting their all into it, going in morning, noon and night to get to know them better. Very impressive, in my opinion. There are many things one could say about it all, but it all tends to dry up on the tongue when compared to the experience itself. Suffice it to say, everything we did, saw and experienced over there had elements that opened my eyes a little bit wider.

If you want more information on Agent Orange and how it is affecting Vietnam now, it may be best to seek out the information yourself. While I could list off a wealth of information that I collected while in Vietnam and talking to Courtney, Hai and many of the country's officials, the information is very easy to obtain by searching the net. When I get more time, I may put links to the websites on this blog to ease the search, but I feel others have presented the information better than I could here.

That having been said, the journey is not over yet. Another month of filming is still taking place in Vietnam, and Courtney will be taking over the blog at nampart2.blogspot.com.

With that, I need to go. There's a good bit I still need to do before I can relax.