Friday, April 04th, 2014

Mira Costa School - Way Outside the Bubble: Cambodia Day 1

by Mhernandez on April 2, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaIt’s been nine months in the making but we finally made it to Cambodia.Pre-departure photo at LAX.In those nine months, 17 of my students learned about making documentaries, practiced making some short documentaries, and attended webinars about the history of Southeast Asia. They’ve contacted NGOs on the ground and arranged for interviews with artists, activists and… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, April 03th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - Photos - April 3rd

Floating marketer.Westridge students.Playing games at our home stay.Cooking at our home stay.Playing games with Can Tho College students.With our Can Tho College pen-pals.Tourism poster at Can Tho College.Another photo of the tourism poster at Can Tho.Working together at Can Tho College.At Can Tho College with our pen-pals.Our welcome from the Can Tho College students.At Cow Dhai temple on April 1st.At… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, April 03th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - April 3rd

Note:  The post from April 2nd is not yet complete (possibly too many experiences to write about!) and will be posted soon.  This morning we woke up early to visit the floating market. We took a boat ride along the Can Tho river, a branch of the Mekong River, to reach the market. The market opens every morning at 2… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, April 02th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - April 1st

I don’t want to look down long enough to write this for fear I’ll miss a spectacular little piece of culture. Right now we're on our way back from Trang Bang village and the Cu Chi tunnels and between the wall of houses catch glimpses of rubber tree groves and rice patties where water buffalo soak and rust coloured oxen… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, April 01th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - March 31st

This morning, we had a fantastic breakfast at our hotel, the Palace Hotel Saigon. They had noodle soup (fish or pork), sticky purple rice, toast, omelets, silky, rich coffee, and tons of other options. The rice redefined sticky: it was like it had been cooked in glue! After breakfast, we met in the lobby and walked to the center of Saigon.… [Read Full Article]