Tags: 2015
On our final Wednesday in Thailand, we decided to take a river tour north and then walk to the National Museum to check it out. Kevin, Thomas, Matt W., Tony, and I ventured out together and first took the river tour.
After two weeks in Bangkok, our team decided to expand our experience to some other areas of Thailand during the weekend. However, half of the team wanted the loudness and craziness Pattaya, one wanted the romance of Bali, Indonesia, while I chose Hua Hin, a very quiet and beautiful beach just about 300km (186 miles) from Bangkok.
Ah! The weekend! Time to kick back from all the hard work and research, and spend a Sunday like the Dutch. While one of our teammates was off to Rome to teach the Italians some card games, ye olde empire sent over a couple of blokes to make sure we wouldn’t be relaxing over the weekend.
This past weekend, our team travelled to the ancient Chinese cities of Hangzhou and Wuzhen. We started our journey on Saturday morning when we took a high-speed train to the city of Hangzhou. Upon our arrival in Hangzhou, we hailed a cab and began our commute to the hostel where we would be staying for the evening. At some point during the ride, it became readily apparent that traffic in the city of Hangzhou was on a different level of hectic, and we were informed shortly thereafter that Hangzhou traffic is among the worst in the entire world. Indeed, it was fairly insane: we constantly
I am writing this blog at 11:18pm on our last night before the big presentation! After a hectic fourteen hour work day with a fried brain, this blog is a vent to my feelings at this point. It has been a great learning experience for these three weeks and all of us have enjoyed our time here.