Sitting in the airport in Taipe, Taiwan is a surreal experience. The last 24 hrs have been a whirlwind to say the least. We met up at the airport in Springfield at 4am Saturday morning to board our flight to LA. Seven of us worked on our presentation for the group Project Vietnam instead of getting much needed sleep! PVNF were great and met us with wonderful food! The reception … [Read more...] about Waiting in Taiwan

We had to leave early in the morning at 6 to catch our flight back to Vietnam for the internship  on Monday. It was bittersweet to day goodbye to everyone on the trip. I know it was the hardest part but we knew we were all going to see each others again soon in the States. It was also Kristina's birthday when we left. It was very thoughtful of everyone to secretly write her a … [Read more...] about Goodbye Myanmar

It was such a short time that we got to experience Inle. Before we left for Yangon, this morning we visited some other temples and hand-made jewelries workshop. Along the sides of the lake were floating tomatoes fields which they put bamboo trees to position those fields and stop them from floating away as the water flows. As we go upper to the mountain area where the spring … [Read more...] about Day 12: Leaving Inle back to Yangon

Leaving Bagan, we were now arrived at Inle with a totally different settings. We were taken from the airport to the hotel by a small van which were only enough for eight of us. I did not understand this was because of transportation in the area until we got through some small roads. Inle is covered in green and reddish brown, green for  plantations and red of the richness of … [Read more...] about Day 11: Inle lake

Our official trip has officially ended. This morning, we got up, packed (which was actually pretty complicated), and headed to the airport. We got our last look of the surprisingly ordered streets of Yangon as we drove to the airport. Myanmar is a beautiful country that I would love to explore more of. I hope to be able to return one day to see the further changes as Myanmar … [Read more...] about Day 13: Bye, Myanmar