Luncheon with xe om drivers

Several weeks ago, we hired our first crew of xe om drivers for our upcoming company. They are a quirky, humorous and cheery tight-knitted bunch who always look out for each other and their loved ones. We were speaking about the different packages that we were offering, and when we explained the food tour, they all pointed at Guong, the chubby man, and said that he'd be good for that tour. Guong gushed and chuckled to himself as we all cracked up. Later on, we were talking about living in Vietnam and the costs associated with the basic necessities. We just don't have enough money, was the general consensus, and Coi, a really fluent English-speaking driver who is also a father and former cyclo driver, said that even education was very expensive and that one required a lot of money in order to get their children into the good schools. No money, no honey, Coi expressed concedingly.