After a few days in Yangon, we headed north to the Bagan! The Bagan was the site I was most excited to see before going to Myanmar – it’s an enormous complex of Buddhist temples which are often compared to Angkor Wat. Even though I had read a bit about the complex before we went, […]
I started off my summer with an amazing trip back home to New York! It was so great to get to see my family and friends… the two and a half weeks went by waaay too fast!! I was really sad to leave America, but coming back to Asia was a little easier because I […]
During my last weekend in Vietnam, my friend’s parents were visiting, so we took a day trip a little bit outside of the city. Our first stop was the Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh (close to where I went hiking and broke my arm earlier this year). Cao Daoism is one of the most […]
Singapore was the last Asian country I was able to visit before my trip home (in less than a week!) Singapore is completely different than any other Asian city I’ve been to – it’s modern, organized, and absolutely the cleanest city I’ve ever visited. To me, I felt like I was at an Asian themed […]
My last trip in Malaysia was to a pretty town called Melaka about an hour and a half outside of Kuala Lumpur. Melaka was a Malay fishing village which was heavily influenced by Chinese traders, then colonized by the Portuguese and the Dutch. It was really pretty, but kind of strange in a way – […]
One of the really great things about Malaysia (or at least the area around Kuala Lumpur) was the cheap and extensive public transportation. Even though I only spent four days in Malaysia, I was able to do two day trips outside the city. It was nice because I felt like even though my trip was […]
Malaysia is such an amazing country! I was so surprised how much I loved it – I think one of the best things about living in Asia (as opposed to just traveling) is understanding the region better. I never would have even thought to visit Malaysia if I hadn’t been brainwashed by the Starworld (one […]
Phu Quoc is an island in the Gulf of Thailand, right off the coast of Cambodia… which is somehow part of Vietnam. The island is stunning – it’s mountainous and highly under developed in the the center of the island, and it’s surrounded by white sand beaches. I really wanted to make it Phu Quoc […]
This past weekend I finally made it to Vung Tau – the beach that’s about an hour and a half outside of Ho Chi Minh City. Vung Tau has been a popular get away for people living in HCMC/Saigon for centuries – the French used it both as a port and a vacation spot, and […]
Some people have mentioned that they are curious about the work I do in Vietnam. I am the Special Education Coordinator at my school, this means that I’ve spent the last year creating and developing a Special Education program. I work at two campuses, grades PreK – Twelfth Grade. Since resources are pretty limited, I’ve […]
I'm gone... to Saigon! 