After being in a large group for the past week, I needed some alone time. Today was a free day so I ended up exploring on my own. After a lazy morning, I took the bus from Orchid station to a restaurant called Spruce. I found it on a foodie's website. It was a Italian/American style restaurant. After brunch, I went shopping a little at a local shopping mall which was also … [Read more...] about 5/22/16 – Sunday – Singapore on my own
We took an early flight to Singapore. Once we arrived we got the MRT card and checked into the hotel. After settling down a little, a couple of friends and I left to have dinner at what they call a hawker area. It's basically a cleaned up space full of people who cook in booths. We had the Haiainese food of steamed chicken and rice. The chicken was so soft and yummy. After … [Read more...] about 5/21/16 – Saturday – Singapore
We went to the beer factory tour today. It was a tour that was allowed because of the connection with RHDHV in Vietnam. Ms. Bach, who helped organize it, was there as well. It was interesting to see the process of making beer in each step. The tour wasn't very detailed but we got to see the process from beginning to the end. After the factory tour, we went to see a PVNF that … [Read more...] about 5/20/16 – Friday – Beer Factory Tour & PVNF orphanage site
Today was our last morning in DaLat. We checked out of the hotel but had until 2pm before needing to go to the airport. We ended up doing some stuff that we held off doing, such as visiting the market. We also went to a weasel coffee farm and tried their coffee fresh from the beans. It was really good but also very expensive. 10 gram was 200,000 dong aka $10. That means 100 … [Read more...] about 5/19/16 – Thursday
Tanner and I booked a tour from the hotel. It was a city tour so we went to sights around DaLat. It was a lot of fun because most of the people on the bus were Vietnamese so we heard them sing Vietnamese nursery rhymes. It was cute because most of them were older ladies aka aunties. We visited Dalanta falls and the Valley of Love to name a few places. Our tour guide thought … [Read more...] about Day 5 – 4/18/19 – Wednesday – DaLat