Friday, March 23, 2018

Nuns, orphanages and nursery school

We visited an orphanage run buy Buddhist nuns, had dinner ar another Buddhist nunnery and visited a nursery school run by Catholic nuns. Who knew?
There are 150 kids here, youngest is 3 months old, oldest 38. They keep the ones with "mental" problems. The others are encouraged to find a job via vocational training or go to university. The older children help the younger ones and they are all considered family. It is run by Buddhist nuns.


The girls are trained to sew. 

Next we went for a meditation dinner at a Buddhist nunnery.

 All vegan food, no talking during the meal. And we didn't miss the meat. The fancy boxes contained dessert.

Next was a visit to a nursery school run by catholic nuns. All the children are Catholic, the second largest religious population after Buddhism. The French sent in missionaries.


Sara and I put our feet in the East Sea ( not the China sea, the Vietnamese do not think it belongs to China!)






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