Vietnam

Set exercises relating to this and that – distributed postcards of Oxford..what did they notice about it?..'ery 'ery beautiful.. what they knew about England? 'they… Read More »Exercises

Our first Sunday here and we have a trip planned. Hai-anh and Luong are escorting us to the museum of Ethnography just outside the Centre… Read More »A Sunday outing

The manager of our block is sitting in the porch, apparently waiting for our return. Is there a message, something urgent? 'no wa'er '  'no… Read More »Glee

I am finding the process of writing for a blog difficult, and it's not just the fact that internet comes and goes and the university… Read More »Writing

  We are invited to eat with Phoungh, a former teacher in the rural province where we will be teaching next, now a driver in… Read More »An evening at Phoung’s

 No-one here believes that we take the local buses, rather than a taxi, but we do. The bus has its own lane sometimes and can… Read More »Long way to LongBien

This is a marvellous place and I have delightful session. About 10 children aged 6-13 drift gradually in to the art room where I have… Read More »Lost Boys

Tuyn is six. He is unable to walk because he has cerebral palsy, so according to Vietnamese custom he does not go to school. I… Read More »Clocks and Candles

We try to get out by 8.30 in the morning to explore further afield in our locality. We walk through the dark alleyways of the… Read More »Early morning Communism

The Crash of Capitalism This sounds a suitable Sunday outing, but Ho Chi Minh's Mausaleum is closed. It closes for 3 months every year for… Read More »The Crash of Capitalism