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Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By magdalena | Views [383]
Love at first sight. After over a month in India, we were ecstatic to be going to Vietnam. We assumed we would like the place more than the chaos of India. We were right! We are both lovers of Vietnamese food (there is nothing like it) and I feel safer ... Read more >
Thu, 28 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [6681] | Comments [1]
After travelling through Vietnam we can say, without a doubt, Vietnam is beautiful, fun, exciting, tasty, accessible and friendly. The people and culture we experienced were for the most part helpful and warm. The environment is like nothing either of ... Read more >
Tags: best, food, ho chi minh city, hoi an, hue, noodles, phong nha farmstay, vietnam, view, worst
Thu, 28 Mar 2013 | By bossons | Views [311] | Scholarship Entry
The lines on his face were definite, like roadways on a map – purposeful and true. His voice cracked with emotion, as he spoke about the last time he set foot on this land. Scooters whizzed by in typical Vietnamese fashion and smog hung over the roadway ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Thu, 28 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [849]
Its been a while since we posted, so here is a quick recap.
-Gillian
Sapa:
Sapa, in the hills of Northern Laos, was a retreat for French colonialists when the plains became too hot. We could see why they chose the spot. The beautiful views of ... Read more >
Tags: busy, food, hanoi, hmong, homestay, sapa, trekking, vietnam
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [330]
So I've started full time teaching, signed contract and everything so it looks like i'll be here for 6months, and I'm pretty happy about that.
The house is awesome, Tim even got a hammock for the deck which will be amazing in summer... Its definately ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By ashbyrne | Views [733]
Hi guys, been ages since ive done a blog so thought it was time for an update. So since tet, i've moved house, the company has now split the teachers and the volunteers into to separate houses. The volunteer house is about 5/10 min from the old house ... Read more >
Tags: an lac, halong bay, on the road, trekking
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [1073] | Comments [1]
If you have a chance to visit Vietnam and you want to experience its natural beauty, come to Phong Nha. The Phong Nha area is set on a number of rivers and streams that carve through limestone karst mountains. The Phong Nha National ... Read more >
Tags: caves, phong nha farmstay, phong nha national park
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [476]
Ah the studio was so much fun, such a good turn out! At first it was just a few of us there, but as the night wore on more and more people arrived, and I thought they played their best so far, very well together I was very pleased:)We had a beer down ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [733]
Hello! We had such a good time at the Phong Nha Farmstay that we didn't get a chance to do many updates. Long story short: the caves are spectacular, the locals are charming, the countryside is beautiful, and many friends were made. ... Read more >
Tags: caves, cold, mountains, phong nha, sapa, vietnam
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [557]
Geeze this week is just half way through and I'm tiered.
Tim and I were round at Sunny's on Tuesday night with the others, and after dinner we spoke to the landlord about taking one of the rooms this weekend.. All is good, but he doesn't want me staying ... Read more >
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [487]
AAAAAHH The weekend was so good.. Maybe had a little bit too much fun knowing that I had work the next day. But I needed to let my hair down. School has been good, not had that many classes, but I think in the next couple of weeks they'll be giving me ... Read more >
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [557]
Today we leave Hue, which has become our favorite spot so far on our trip. 12 days in (give or take... we keep losing track!) and we are starting to get the hang of things here.
Vietnam has been an incredibly ... Read more >
Tags: caves, easy, farmstay, hue, phong nha, vietnam
Fri, 8 Mar 2013 | By gsewake | Views [622]
We have been in Hue for two and a half days. So far it has been my favorite city in Vietnam. Not as touristy as Hoi An, and not as frenetic as Ho Chi Minh City. It seems as though Hue has a larger population with expendable income, even compared ... Read more >
Tags: food, hue, imperial city, vietnam
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [399]
Yesterday was really cool. Bao, one of Sunny's friends who lives in the house intvited me to his school to watch him do a demo lesson. It was really interesting cos the center is teaching pronoucation. The students pay to be there, so they listen more.... Read more >
Tags: #lunch break #nap #coffee #lost #keys #visa
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 | By lozza | Views [512]
Wow, what a first week this has been. I've been very bad at updating and I'm just gona summarise whats been happening instead of a daily update....
So, since saying good bye to the boys I've just been job hunting and hanging out with Tim. He's been ... Read more >
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