Tuesday, April 08th, 2014

Mira Costa School - Surface of Cambodia

by Jennifer Marer on April 8, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaIn Cambodia, a thing that you really have to understand is that you actually can’t judge a book by its cover.The first example is the second we stepped off the bus to get to the hotel.Just walking down the street of our hotel, we see Cambodians, sleeping and begging at one in the morning. Which… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, April 08th, 2014

Mira Costa School - The Lost Temple

by Chris Andrews on April 8, 2014 in Letters From Cambodia Yesterday started out at 4 in the morning.  We were to go to a Buddhist temple and experience the sunrise.  When we arrived to my surprise there were throngs of people even at 5 in the morning.  But it was completely worth it seeing the beautiful sunrise over the temple.  After the sunrise we… [Read Full Article]

Monday, April 07th, 2014

Mira Costa School - Day 6 - Angkor Wat

by Mhernandez on April 7, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaBuddhist altars are still actively used by monks and the general public.A symbol of Cambodia and source of national pride is the Angkor Wat temple complex.  This United Nations World Heritage Site was built in the 9th century and restored by the French in the early 1900′s as it had been completely enveloped by the jungle.  Originally built… [Read Full Article]

Monday, April 07th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - April 5th

Waking up to roosters screaming or bats flying while you're under a mosquito net is quite an experience. But it is a great taste of what life is like here. After getting up we headed to breakfast around the corner from our rooms and had eggs and french rolls, evidence of the former French occupation in Vietnam. Then we got… [Read Full Article]

Friday, April 04th, 2014

Mira Costa School - The Remembrance of the Past

by Chris Andrews on April 4, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaYesterday I had a very enlightening experience because I was able meet a survivor one  of the seven survivors of torture Toulslang Prison. He shared his very scary but interesting story with us of what Khmer Rouge did to him and how he was one of the seven that survived. The way in which he… [Read Full Article]