We had to leave Vietnam early today after an amazing whirlwind week. I was sad to leave but excited for the next leg of our adventure! Onward to Singapore! We landed in Singapore and immediately you could tell what a difference an established infrastructure can make on a city. Singapore was clean and easily navigable. After catching the subway straight to our hotel we … [Read more...] about Singapore day 1
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We were lucky enough to be offered a guided tour of SABACO Brewery this morning in Cu Chi, Vietnam. I have been to many brewery tours in my life but never to the scale of this size. We were shown step by step how the product is produced and the process it takes for the different varieties. In addition to this plant providing the largest supply of the most popular beers in … [Read more...] about Last day in VIetnam
Today was the day to experience the park with the locals in the morning. Selma and I Woke up early and headed out to observe the local culture at 6:30am! We first walked into the park we watched the old men with their bird cages hanging from above while they drank coffee, socialized, and their birds sang. We continued through the park trying to find a group doing Tai Chi to … [Read more...] about Day 4 in Vietnam
Today we had the opportunity to hang out and meet students from Saigon Tech University. When we arrived at the campus they were playing volleyball and relaxing outside. What better way to connect with other students then through sports so of course we joined in! I used to play volleyball but it has been several years, regardless I jumped in right off the bat. After about 2o min … [Read more...] about Day 2 – STU
Today was our free day and we spent it going to the War Remnants museum. This was extremely important as my father was in the war, he worked support training in Korea for troops and later his unit was stationed just north of Saigon and my mother was a protester of the war (wonder why their marriage didn’t last). It was extremely difficult to see the US in such a negative light, … [Read more...] about Free Day!