Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
Day 8!
I'm back in the country, lol.
The upper part of this old man is the living space.
This is probably what the view looks like from Grandpa's perspective.
It's very peaceful here.
It's important to have scenery that hasn't changed over the years, isn't it?
It reminds me of the scenery I loved as a child.
Since the house is made of wood, bamboo, and some kind of leaves, it is a bit dusty.
This is what the second floor looks like.
It's like this in both winter and summer; it was raining that day, but it was quite cool.
The temperature was 35 degrees.
Even now, there’s no air conditioning in rural Vietnam, so even when it was super hot, we just used a fan.
However, it gets really cool in the shade, so it’ll probably get pretty chilly at night.
Especially out here in the countryside, unlike in downtown Hanoi, the urban heat island effect is probably less pronounced.
Apparently, according to local custom, people don't take natural things that grow on their property.
Even a beehive like this, lol
Apparently, it's quite common for bee nests to form inside houses; there were three of them in the new house as well.
One of them was a long-legged wasp nest, and there were still wasps in it lol
Apparently, since we live together, I don't even get stung by bees lol (Is that really true? lol)
And with that—a somewhat mysterious story?—this home visit came to an end!
After that, we headed to Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, a two-and-a-half-hour trip.
There were a few hiccups along the way—like an accident on the highway that caused a traffic jam—but we made it to the airport safely and were able to return home.
My trip to Vietnam lasted only a few days, but once again I was able to travel all over without a moment’s rest—and I barely spent any money.
These prices are unbeatable.
Now might be the time to enjoy Vietnam. As the economy continues to grow, prices will keep going up!
It takes about 40 to 50 minutes by taxi from Noi Bai International Airport to downtown Hanoi.
In Japan, that would cost over 10,000 yen, but in Vietnam it’s 450,000 dong, so if you remove the last two zeros and divide by 2, it comes out to just under 2,200 yen.
You can eat until you're full for about 150 yen. But it is local food, though lol (I can basically eat anything!)
To be honest, I don't really like cilantro. It seems like a lot of Japanese women like it, though.
The two McDonald's restaurants in Hanoi were as delicious as ever, but I heard the prices are a bit high for Vietnamese people, so there were only foreigners there.
A Big Mac meal cost about 500 yen. (I absolutely love McDonald's!)
This food called "BAMI KING" is similar to what we call a hot dog in Japan. (It's called "bánh mì.")
If you really can't stand Vietnamese food, this alone is more than enough!
If you come to Vietnam, you’ve gotta try a banh mi! It costs around 200 yen lol
If we hadn't hired technical interns, we wouldn't have had this kind of experience.
I suppose we'll see more and more jobs like this popping up in the years to come.
Anyway, right now it's Vietnamese, and after that, Indians.
While the way we work is becoming increasingly diverse, I’d like to nurture foreign artisans who embody the Japanese spirit!
I highly recommend traveling to Vietnam!
You can fly there on a one-way Vietnam Airlines economy class ticket for around 30,000. The flight takes about 4.5 hours, so if you watch a movie, you'll be there in no time.
See you later.
