By now, the group has all safely arrived back home! Topher and Julia are still kickin it on the beach in Vietnam closing out the semester and tying up all loose ends.
As promised, the guided semester reflection we shared during the closing ceremony is below (sorry family and friends…this might not make much sense to you, but ask group members questions about the prompts for some funny, intense, and incredible stories!).
Cards on the floor and new faces in San Francisco
This is how lizards do it
Awkward middle seats
Waiting, bleary eyed, for bags that never came
Paige’s acting debut, the dragon
Chang chang chang chang chang!
Dip, dip dip!
Footloose #1
Oh, Betsy
Endless mango sticky rice
Essence
Magical forest Wat with Phenom
Ponlami, kha
Neverending final blessing by Komodo’s dad
J.Lo never giving a shit
Elephant pants
First of many bed buddies
Coconut ice cream crack
Freezing laughter fest at 4 am
Mr. Susin singing beneach a clear starry night
Bamboo rafting in the sun
Nauseating sangtaew ride to the orphanage
Mudfights and poop cookies
Tin and Thai, one fat, one thin
Topher’s river ingestion and unfortunate aftermath
Aussie Thai soap star turned monk
Pra Ong’s photo shoot of Brook
The birth of Karenna and Brook’s love/hate sisterhood
Sitting at the Burmese border with Laurie
711 Heaven
Boom snap clap with the novices
Son in law’s testicles for Emma’s birthday
Soundwave Karaoke for Leanna’s birthday
Yesi’s amazing dance moves
Rain dancing at Sukothai
Spit takes
Surprise festival and fireworks in Korat
Spit takes
Candlelight ceremony on the roof
Smuggled hidden family to the border
Dawn at Angkor Wat
Our first sandwiches
Footloose #2 at EGBOK
Stiffling heat in Seam Reap
Breastmilk
Raw and brutal reality of S 21
Peaceful haunted fields
Somaly Mam and the Road of Lost Innocense
Dead rat showers
Patrick and Davis
Waaaterpark?
Bobblehead
French frieds for every meal
Dance party DJ’s speaker-top stage
Karen’s headrist dive in the mud puddle
O–rrr—ee—-ooo!!!
Water balloon and egg hunt mayhem
Floating honeymoon bungalows
Lord Huron
Mangrove tunnels
Ohhh, Selah 🙂
Spaghetti and garlic bread
Skinny dipping in the dark!
7 hour boat ride to floating markets
Leopard print cubby bunks
The washing machine
Russian’s posing on the beach
Rollercoasters and water rides at Vinpearland
Swimming with the fishes in Nha Trang
Kerry, Eugene and Carlos
Life maps
Alow Blacc
Captain America
Julia’s birthday cake fight
Komodo’s transformation
Chaotic, muddy streets of Hanoi
Boxcar beds on the night train
Hand stitched hill tribe clothing
Walking through clouds to Mai’s family
Terraced mountain sides
Mai’s laughter at our corn hoeing technique
Mai’s massage moves
Mai’s children rolloing over blankets on the floor and shrieking in delight
Creating our song!
Receiving silver and gold bracelets handmade by Mai’s husband
Waving goodbye to Mai and her sister from the van window
Gorgeous mini rock mountains piercing through water
Lounging in the sun on the roof of the boat
Shopping!
Blindfolds and candle light
Gratitude