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October 17th 2011

Published: October 17th 2011

Every year the vols have to leave the country around the middle of October to apply for a brand new visa. It just so happened that this years visa run, fell during the same time as our break in between school semesters. Usually everyone travels together to go to Loas because that is the fastest and cheapest way to go . This year everyone kind of decided to go in different directions. Barb and... Read Full Entry

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Kathleen Mulawka

Kathy Mula

Currently living in Mae Sot, Thailand- a beautiful city with beautiful people. I am a volunteer English teacher with 4 other students from the Eastern Townships, together we are teaching at 7 different schools in the Mae Sot area. If you want to contact me , here is my email: kmulawka09@hotmail.com If you want to mail me something, here is my address in Thailand: 134/4 Intrakeree Road Mae Sot, Tak 63111 Thailand If it is super important, mail it to my house address: 69 sherwood crescent Belleville Ontario, Canada K8P 5G1 I plan on returning to school at Bishop's Unive... full info

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stairs

in a park where people like to sleep

different park

and more stairs

do you see what I see

so many beautiful trees, but you have to stop and look

le peuple

vraiment beaucoup de monde ici

say whatt

his guy just bought a television- like 52 inch or something crazy and was carrying home on the back of his motorbike..

a network

the tunnels

entrance

check out the guys foot in comparison to the size of the hole- these are randoms entrances all over the place and if one was found by viet cong guerillas the people just put a bomb on it that would ignite if you took the lid off

ironic

once used to destroy the lives of families and land -now a place for children to play and smile and have fun while their parents are listening to the history speech of the tour guide

trap

door in the ground with really sharp point sticks

wax people

making bombs under ground

entrance

to a tunnel that was made bigger for bigger north americans like me

in the tunnel

there was a security tour guide man behind me peer pressuring me to go faster and to stop stopping..

conflict

The south was democratic the north was communist looking the unite the country through communism led by Ho Chi Minh. When the south was conquered by the North they renamed Saigon to Ho Chi Minh- The countrys people are still devided in many ways

pretty

clouds that always catch my eye

flowers

clouds

preventing my face from sunburn

how

do they squat like this ALL the time

boats

of a major tranport area in the Mekong Delta

more boats

more clouds

off shore

19th October 2011

Rich Haslam
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Did you notice the smell?
The first thing I noticed when I arrived in Saigon was the smell. Don\'t know where it came from but it permeated everything I wore. I did get used to it after a couple of weeks. When I was there I also took a bunch of pics and posted them to my blog, http://www.TheVietnamTraveler.com.

25th October 2011

Kathy Mula
Kathleen Mulawka

I actually didn't notice them smell at all, now that im thinking about it. I was probably just too blown away by all the motorbikes that are bustling by. Thanks for the link Ill check it out

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