Field Trip Weekend

This weekend we joined Bryce's students on a field trip. He teaches the second and third year students in the Advanced Training Program for Crop Science. These guys are crazy smart and are doing their degrees in Engish. They are also super nice. They have been known to translate for us and to graciously help us buy fruit. I also get to have English classes with the second years which is a lot of fun.

Some of the students on our bus. There were about 100 people on the trip in all.

So, essentially the field trip was a quest to find animals for the students to see as part of their animal biology class. We went east to Haiphong and then took the ferry to Cat Ba Island where we fell madly in love with the beautiful sub tropical paradise. We are currently plotting ways to sneak back. The kids on the deck of the hotel. Titus and Maggie had a great time even though they didn't get to go swimming (no time).

Bryce, Enzo, and the sunset.

It was a fast paced, whirlwind field trip. In fact, it might just be the craziest field trip ever (since the promised animals were few and far between). Still, we had a good time and thoroughly enjoyed the students.

The students gamely checking out the only live animals they got to see up close... clams.