Peace Works Travel Blog

Monday, March 31, 2014

Westridge School - Vietnam 2014

A group of 17 students and 3 chaperones from Westridge School explore Vietnam on a Peace Works Travel regional exploration of Southern Vietnam beginning in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).  Combining cultural awareness, adventure travel, insider’s access to living historians, community service and analytical reflection, this one-of-a-kind educational trip will empower students to understand the causes and consequences of America’s most controversial war.

Westridge students celebrating peace at the
Reunification Palace.


Famous North Vietnamese tank which crashed
through the gates, April 30, 1975 officially
signaling the end of the war.

Bargaining in the Ban Thanh Market.


Walking through the streets of Saigon.

Old French colonial influences.

Cooling off at the rooftop pool.

Westridge girls in local pants!
                                               
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