What Was Vietnam Like?

What you see above is pretty much my view of Vietnam. For six intensive days, a squad of around 25 students and five teachers revamped classrooms for Vietnamese students in Tra Vinh, one of the poorest areas of the country.

Under the watchful eye of Uncle Ho, whose picture was in every classroom, we ripped up old tiles, dug out dirt, laid rock, covered it with cement and tile, scrapped the rooms, and repainted the walls and the shutters. Pretty glamorous, right?

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