Our final day in the cave started slowly as cave karaoke went late the night before. It turns out our porters may not have felt very comfortable communicating in English, but they are experts in singing along to Michael Jackson and belting out Bohemian Rhapsody with Explorations students. They were also experts in providing plenty of strong coffee to get us moving once again and hearty bowls of phở to give us energy throughout the day. We soon left the comfortable confines of Pygmy Cave (only … [Read more...]
Educational Student Tour of Vietnam – Update #5
Eva continues her cave narrative: Day two consisted of walking all the way through Hangover Cave. While we were only covering 4.5 kilometers we took countless detours to explore the rock formations that took thousands of years to form. One of the strangest things we found were cave pearls. These baseball-sized, perfectly spherical stones take even longer to form than stalagmites. In addition, everything glittered as our lights illuminated the caverns. The stalagmites reminded me of Christmas … [Read more...]
Educational Student Tour of Vietnam – Update #4
Eva shares her account of the first day of our trek. On the 17th, we embarked on a three day trek into the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park where we would climb through three of the biggest caves in the world. Our lead guide went by Captain, the English translation of his Vietnamese name. He led us through seemingly impenetrable jungle as if he were going for a casual stroll. Meanwhile the rest of us struggled to stay upright as we slipped along the muddy trail. The guide at the rear of our … [Read more...]
Future of Flight Tour
Family Bulletin - January 18, 2019 Upcoming Events Monday, January 21 - MLK Day: No School Monday, January 28 - All-School Hike Tuesday, January 29 - All-School Field Trip to Future of Flight Center Friday, February 8 - Winterim Term End We are thrilled to announce our upcoming tour of Boeing's Everett facility and the Future of Flight Aviation Center. Our tour is scheduled for 11:00 am on Tuesday, January 29. We will leave Explorations promptly at 9:15 that morning, so please make sure your … [Read more...]
Educational Student Tour of Vietnam – Update #3
Henry reports about our experiences in Halong Bay: The day finally came. It was time to leave our apartment and get on the bus on our way east to Halong Bay. On the bus, we met our guide Trung, or as he liked to introduce himself, Jackie Trung. When we arrived at the boat terminal we were greeted with a miniature wooden ferry boat that was ready to taxi us out to our cruise boat. We climbed aboard, in disbelief that an Explorations trip might include so much luxury. We were given our keys, told … [Read more...]
