Month: May 2019

In April we did a “Volunteer Vacation” in Vietnam with a company called GlobeAware. It was a mix of service and touristing and it was a blast. The service involved building a brick house for a woman whose house was falling apart, painting rooms and building a chicken coop for a deaf school (Hearing and Beyond), teaching English, and visiting a hospital. The tourist activities included Cham Island, My Son ruins, a couple of afternoons at the beach, and shopping. Some of us also fit in an amazing bike tour (Heaven and Earth) on the last day before heading to the airport for our 12-hour layover in Seoul.

Here’s a 5-minute video that’s focused on the service –

And a much longer one with all the activities –

And, of course, some photos –

Tourists

My Son ruins

Japanese Covered Bridge

Night market reflections

Hearing and Beyond School for the Deaf

Cool roof – Cham Island

Hoi An 2019

Sunrise – Hoi An

Boat and river in Hoi An

Vegetable market

Getting measured for a suit

Selling lanterns

Golden Peach Villa in Hoi An

Hoi An bridge

Eyes on the fronts of the boats

Cham Island

A mess of electrical wires in Vietnam

Cham Island group shot

On the bridge, Day 1

Hearing and Beyond School for the Deaf

Cool design

Hare Krishnas

My Son ruins

My Son ruins

My Son ruins

The Hill Boys in Hoi An

Bike tour – Hoi An

Cool roof – Cham Island

Taking a boat to another island – bike tour, Hoi An

Bike tour – Hoi An

Lantern seller

Cham Island

Bamboo root beards