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]Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Student Spring break program,Vietnam Student Trips,Westridge School Vietnam 2014
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]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips,Westridge School Vietnam 2014
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Francis Parker - Vietnam 2014
Day 2: HanoiAs we continued to engross ourselves in the city of Hanoi on our second day of travel, we slowly began to notice the influences on the city, especially the nationalism of a country that has only been liberated from foreign rule for such a brief time. Visiting the tomb of Ho Chi Minh was very telling of the… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel tours,Educational travel programs,Francis Parker Vietnam 2014,Global Community,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Francis Parker - Vietnam 2014
Check out the Francis Parker School Blog here.Welcome to the 2014 Francis Parker School Global Studies trip to Vietnam blog. Students and chaperones will update the blog regularly as they explore Vietnam. Check back often to catch up on their latest adventures!Day 1: HanoiAntithesis: "a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel programs,Educational travel programs,Francis Parker Vietnam 2014,Global Community,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips
Friday, October 04th, 2013
Vo Nguyen Giap, renowned Vietnamese general, dies in Hanoi
Vo Nguyen Giap, the Vietnamese military commander and national folk hero who organized the army that defeated the French and then the Americans in 30 years of Southeast Asian warfare, is dead. That war ended in 1975 when the last remaining U.S. military forces evacuated Saigon, leaving behind a war-torn and battle-scarred nation, united under Communist rule.He died Oct. 4… [Read Full Article]Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,Vietnam Student Trips,Vietnam War,War