On December of 1998, my whole family took a trip back to our native country, Vietnam, to visit our relatives that we haven't seen in years. We booked our flights and it nearly cost us 6 thousand dollars for the five of us. I had to take a month off of school in order to go. My mom had to make up some lame excuses saying that it was a family crisis and my grandmother was dying. My school was easily convinced so they let me go. Our journey began on December 18 leaving from Tampa, Florida to San Francisco, California. We stayed in California for three days at one of my aunt's house. I went around San Francisco visiting some of my old buddies and hung out around town for a little bit. I knew them when I was there a couple of years ago. We finally left California and headed towards Korea, which was supposed to be our first stop. I will never forget how long our flight was. I sat in my seat most of the time watching television, listening to music, and sleeping. While sitting there counting time, I was going to die of boredom. They were showing a couple of good movies but I forgot the names of them. I really enjoyed the food and service they had. I think it took about 15 hours from California to Korea. When we finally landed in Korea we had to wait another 8 hours to board another plane. For some reasons all of the food and accessories in Korea cost triple the amount you would pay over here. I would have thought it would be a little bit cheaper so I decided not to buy any souvenirs. We were really exhausted by the time we boarded our next flight, which was like another 7 hours to Vietnam. We finally touched down in Saigon, which is now called Ho Chi Minh City. When we landed, they gave us some papers to fill out so they didn't let us off until about an hour after we landed. I was so anxious to get off and run around and get rid of all my cramps and aches that I've been carrying for the past hours. The V...