Month: juli 2010

June 8-10. Calm days in a vibrant city.
We will be back! Mrs. Chinh has given us the address of a school that we visit today.
We take a taxi there, and as the driver was a little challenged by the address on the paper we handed to him, we could enjoy a fair bit of the backstreets of district four, HCMC.
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June 7. SSC Scholarship programme.
At the Saigon Children's Charity Kimberly takes time for us and we have an interesting meeting discussing spontaneous volunteering. I am proud that they have arranged to meet in the conference room with us! Feeling some bit important - we are all human.

They have a scholarship program supporting children of poor families with ...
Organizations
Apart from the supported projects, Charity Travel currently affiliates with the following organizations and initiatives:betterplace.org good platform connecting charitable initiatives and benefactorsglobalvolunteernetwork.org Wellington-based lean volunteer network that deliversjoiningthedots.org Great initiative by Penny Elsley wrightcharitytravel.com Vacations that help Non-Profitsvoluntourism.org Offers for Volunteering Touristsidonatetocharity.org Online Charity Auctionscharitywater.org Building wells crystal clearidealist.org An online initiative for us idealists alittleadrift.com Volunteering opportunities worldwidevoltra.org Hong Kong based voluntourism organization Informal ...
travelblogs
Take your time to read these carefully selected travelogues of our friends and affiliates :twobackpackers.com Two Backpackers Travelogue one-man charity bikeride from London to Cape Town beautiful blog by an engaged traveling coupleeverything-everywhere.com Gary Arndt on a truly great adventurefollowtheroad.com awesome couple living on the roadjoiningthedots.org Penny Elsley on an amazing mission to connect perhaps the most ambitious bikerideglobetour.org Jan Bover's Globetour by bike How far ...
June 6. We didn’t Miss Saigon.
Forget to tell you we took an overnight train last night. This time, we arrive in Ho Chi Minh city, formerly known as Saigon, and I insist on walking a bit first, before we realize that we are lost and take a taxi to the Gecko bar, a place in the center where there would ...
June 5. Three lakes.
As our original motorcycle fails to start, we are offered another one and go for a ride to the waterfall with the three lakes, a famous guidebook hotspot of the area and something we just feel like doing today.
The road! I have never been a roady [often masculine, s.one who loves the road], but ...
June 4. Nha Trang’s godly seafood.
In Nha Trang our day starts with a coffee in a friendly bar opposite the train station. We have seen a few western tourists getting off the train here indicating that this town is indeed one of the major tourist attractions of Vietnam. We want to hang out here and take a short break. In ...
June 3. For stories about Hue, not here.
We visit the old city of Hue. Since this is a typical torist attraction and unlikely to generate any other story that what you will find by looking for Hue, I will pragmatically change the subject.

And why not? He has been lecturing about reality and related concepts for over fifteen years now. What ...
June 2. It’s good to be neurotic.
The bus is not allowed to cross the border. We have already crossed though and begin to miss our luggage that we have left in the vehicle. After two hours, passengers get impatient and some attempt to walk back. I suspect the bus driver to have betrayed us and to be selling the contents of ...