Our last meeting was Monday and it seems like the trip is so close yet so far away. I am so ready to go and explore, but I need to be sure to finish the semester strong. I am sure I am not the only one with this problem, hopefully. One thing I am actually very excited for that may get overlooked is the packing skills and little travel tips I will attempt to learn. I am fairly … [Read more...] about Blog 13 | 4.27.16
The Vietnamese government, is one that I have a lack of knowledge about. As I've talked about before, I want to make sure to document the journey as well as possible. I was wanting to bring a drone potentially on the trip. What seemed like a far fetched idea was quickly cemented as one after asking Prof. Pham if would be at all possible. Vietnam is still a communist country and … [Read more...] about Blog 12 |4.25.16
Custom suits, as Prof. Pham had emailed us, are supposedly a great deal in a lot of asian countries. An old family friend of ours always would tell us how every year he would go over to a few different countries in Asia and get 20 suits made every year. This has really intrigued me as I seem to be in a suit just as much as I am in normal attire. Anyways I've done a little … [Read more...] about Blog 11 | 4.22.16
Vietnams crazy exchange rates. As a few people have mentioned, the US dollar is very strong and Vietnam is very cheap. I took it upon myself to simply google, "best countries to visit based on US exchange rate". The first website I clicked gave me a top 15, and number 1 was Vietnam. A family friend of ours used to tell us how once a year he would go to Vietnam and Indonesia to … [Read more...] about Blog 10 | 4.18.16
I realize only a few of us are traveling to Australia as an extension, but I am very excited, and wanted to share a few things about Sydney that I found interesting. 1) The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest long-span bridge and tallest steel arch bridge in the world, and the 5th longest spanning-arch bridge according to Guinness World Records. 2) It is the 12th most … [Read more...] about Blog 9 | 4.15.16