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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]
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Monday, April 07th, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014 - April 4th

The Westridge students have not had internet access for a few days. I woke up this morning to a chorus of teenage complaints about the sticky and sleepless night many of us had without air conditioning.  Tempers were naturally running about as hot as the Vietnamese air we’ve all come to love since our arrival, but the laughter returned after a breakfast… [Read Full Article]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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