A couple of months ago, the first destination of my journey in Việt Nam was Sài Gòn, or TP Hồ Chí Minh, whichever you prefer calling it. My initial reactions then were completely different than they are now. One of the main reasons why my reactions differ is from the point of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘study abroad side trips’
October 24, 2006
breezy, breezy, trek.
What I saw in images for the past couple of months became reality as our bus from Lào Cài arrived in Sapa. Crowding the streets, walking back and forth, trying to catch the foreigners attention were ethnic minority women, dressed in traditional clothing, perhaps coming from any one of the many groups inhibiting [...]
October 10, 2006
Kuala Lumpur.
So I spent my real birthday, October 9, on a jet plane flying towards Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A couple of minutes after 12, we landed. Hảo and I, carrying all our luggage onto the plane, immediately went to get a teksi to our hotel, Radius International. The joys of no excess luggage. [...]
October 2, 2006
familiar surroundings.
The internet here at A2 has been out for the past couple of days, so I was unable to update. On the 22nd of September, CIEE jumped onto a train for a long 12-14 hour ride to Central Vietnam. At first sight, it seemed like the beds on the trains would be extremely [...]
