Vietnam came with many challenges, laughs, smiles, experiences and opportunities. In this post, I want to share with you the absolute best moments of the trip – for me personally. As I might have mentioned in one of the other blogposts, for me, the authentic feeling of Vietnam is what really made me feel like
In addition to our studies, we also get to go to different activities that are pre-arranged by field-manager Vinh or our course leaders. One of these ‘activities’ was Farming Day! Our original farming day was cancelled due to bad weather, but the second one was a success! We all met up at the Balance Café
What is up in Vietnam?? Quite a few remarkable things have happened lately, and I want to tell you all about it. First of all, after several days of rain (which you might expect during the rain-season), they have finally released water from the hydro-power dams up in the mountains. This has consequences for people
Looking back a couple of weeks, I wanted to write a short blog post about our trip to Ba Na Hills! It all started with just a couple of people who wanted to go, but after some excellent recruiting by some, and reading the Ba Na Hills description from the website, we quickly became a
Being and studying in another country means that your everyday life is going to be different! In a country like Vietnam that is so full of new sights, adventures and things to experience, it takes a while to settle in. So, what do you do when you have been getting used to the new circumstances?
Xin Chao! Hello everyone! It’s Margrethe writing from Hoi An. We are already in Vietnam – how awesome is that!! After a couple of weeks, we have now gotten to know the city a little better, and it is wonderful here. Having arrived on a crazy hot day, we initially all thought we were going
I left Hoi An only a few days after our goodbye party. Me and Cecilie travelled together, first night spent in a nice hotel in Da Nang before our flight to Bali, Denpasar. We booked a few nights in Uluwatu at the south coast. I did not take too many pictures, however, I have collected
After some time living and studying in Hoi An I would like to present some pros and cons of being a development student in this city that I now can call my second home. PROS Experience how lucky and privileged I am in comparison to so many others Getting to know 23 new people and
During this semester, we have two exams. One of them is the group exam, which I personally looked the least forward to. I find it a bit hard to write one paper together with four other brains with different ideas. However, we were told to write down a list of preferred topicsa and then we
Our Hoi An experience is almost over! The last week has included a lot of recapping of the essential topics in our studies. However, the issues have been presented from other perspectives. Our lecturer, Roy, also like to present topics with photos as a tool and learning method. In my opinion, this week has been
