This is a picture of the zebra that I found yesterday. It is an indicator species.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
A Foggy Day in Tam Dao
Hello all! I can't wait to speak to 3rd block. It is 9 pm here so that means that it is 10 am where you are. I have been trying to upload some pictures for you for the past three days and have been unsuccessful. It maybe b/c three teachers are on their blogs at the same time. I will continue after you read this post. If I they do upload then you will see them first before this post but they do pertain to the things that I have talked about.
We have learned that the weather up here in Tam Dao is the decision maker for what our group does as well as what all the butterflies do as well. This morning I woke up to clouds literally pouring through my window. It’s very foggy (pronounced ‘mu’ in Vietnamese) and after breakfast we all feared that we wouldn’t be able to walk any transects again today.
Lien humored us and we hike up to the area called “new road”. It has a total of three transects and from here to the hotel and back a little over 5 miles. The new road is the one that I was talking about in my earlier post. Refer to it if you can’t remember. Building of the new road has come to a halt (maybe permanently!) because of a huge rockslide that occurred two months ago in the mountain. When we were walking you could see all sorts of remnants of mudslides, rockslides, and large bulldozers.
Butterflies were laying low in the morning but the fog was so thick it was almost like rain. My hair looked like I had just jumped out of the ocean.
I hung back with Lien and Anh and took it a bit more slowly and was fortunate enough to spot and photograph and indicator species that Lien said last years populations were very low but maybe now they are on the rise because there is no more construction of the new road.
The name of the indicator species that I spotted has the nickname of zebra. An indicator species is any species that can show the health of the forest. For example, in the new road the numbers of the zebra butterfly have decreased since the building of the new road. These butterflies are very sensitive to their habitat and if it is disturbed then their populations decrease. This is what eventually leads to the extinction and endangerment of a species in a region.
I was also the recorder for the three transects that we walked in the new road. That meant that I tallied every butterfly we saw and recorded the weather conditions at the start of each transect. Humidity is at 82% and the temperature was at 25º C.
Hopefully you all have learned about how different aspects of weather are measured and what each means.
Block 2- Please convert today’s temperature of 25ºC into Fahrenheit and post it as a comment.
Block 3- Describe the difference between humidity and relative humidity and post.
Block 4- Discuss the impact that you think weather has on butterfly behavior here is Tam Dao and then post a conclusion.
Today we identified ten more species and so far on this trip we have seen a total of 27 species. The total number of butterflies is close to 200 now. I did another rare one that I spotted today but I didn’t catch it because now I’m afraid I’ll hurt one again (good ol’ Winzeler).
I do want to post all my pictures but am having a hard time at the café. The café is only open at night and it’s crowded. Will attempt to attach some with this post.
Can’t wait to teach you some Vietnamese! I like to spend some of my free time hanging out with the hotel workers and Ahn, so I’m learning.
We have learned that the weather up here in Tam Dao is the decision maker for what our group does as well as what all the butterflies do as well. This morning I woke up to clouds literally pouring through my window. It’s very foggy (pronounced ‘mu’ in Vietnamese) and after breakfast we all feared that we wouldn’t be able to walk any transects again today.
Lien humored us and we hike up to the area called “new road”. It has a total of three transects and from here to the hotel and back a little over 5 miles. The new road is the one that I was talking about in my earlier post. Refer to it if you can’t remember. Building of the new road has come to a halt (maybe permanently!) because of a huge rockslide that occurred two months ago in the mountain. When we were walking you could see all sorts of remnants of mudslides, rockslides, and large bulldozers.
Butterflies were laying low in the morning but the fog was so thick it was almost like rain. My hair looked like I had just jumped out of the ocean.
I hung back with Lien and Anh and took it a bit more slowly and was fortunate enough to spot and photograph and indicator species that Lien said last years populations were very low but maybe now they are on the rise because there is no more construction of the new road.
The name of the indicator species that I spotted has the nickname of zebra. An indicator species is any species that can show the health of the forest. For example, in the new road the numbers of the zebra butterfly have decreased since the building of the new road. These butterflies are very sensitive to their habitat and if it is disturbed then their populations decrease. This is what eventually leads to the extinction and endangerment of a species in a region.
I was also the recorder for the three transects that we walked in the new road. That meant that I tallied every butterfly we saw and recorded the weather conditions at the start of each transect. Humidity is at 82% and the temperature was at 25º C.
Hopefully you all have learned about how different aspects of weather are measured and what each means.
Block 2- Please convert today’s temperature of 25ºC into Fahrenheit and post it as a comment.
Block 3- Describe the difference between humidity and relative humidity and post.
Block 4- Discuss the impact that you think weather has on butterfly behavior here is Tam Dao and then post a conclusion.
Today we identified ten more species and so far on this trip we have seen a total of 27 species. The total number of butterflies is close to 200 now. I did another rare one that I spotted today but I didn’t catch it because now I’m afraid I’ll hurt one again (good ol’ Winzeler).
I do want to post all my pictures but am having a hard time at the café. The café is only open at night and it’s crowded. Will attempt to attach some with this post.
Can’t wait to teach you some Vietnamese! I like to spend some of my free time hanging out with the hotel workers and Ahn, so I’m learning.
Monday, May 14, 2007
I know that I have already talked about some of the people that I am with on this expedition but here it is formally.
The Team
The principal investigator Lien, is a researcher for the Vietnam Russia Tropical Center. He has been working in Tam Dao researching butterflies as part of his PhD since 2002.
Anh (aka The Professor) as I stated before did diplomatic work in China for the Vietnamese government. He has a degree in Forest Management and has been with the project since 2002 as well.
Viet is Lien’s younger brother by 14 years and is a school teacher in his small village on the coast. He gets paid $10 US a month to teach and would like to become an “officer teacher” but you have to pay the government about $2000 US to get that title. It would bring his salary up to $40 US a month. I thought we had it bad.
The reason for the big age difference between Lien and Viet is because their father was a solider in the Vietnam War (here they call it the American War) and did not see his family for that period of time. There were three children in the family prior to the war and three born after the war. Sounds similar to our country.
Bruce and Charlene are a lovely older couple from Boulder Colorado. Bruce is an environmental lawyer who met Charlene in Washington DC. Charlene has worked with the federal government on environmental policy as well. Both are very active in their region of the country for conservation and environmental efforts. They have been in Asia now for 6 weeks and spent most of their time in China.
Rachel Peters teaches 4th grade at a private school in Washington and is basically me but with blond hair and married with a little boy named Tobias. She is very intelligent and has proved to be a great companion so far. She knows how to get this complicated research to a level that her students can understand and has provided me with a lot of help.
Jeff Bucs is a 7th and 8th grade science teacher from Massachusetts and is very eager to learn and reminds me of a kid on Christmas morning when it comes to the research that we are doing. I bet his students love him.
The Expedition
There are a total of six transects (paths) that we walk each day. Each transect is divided into eight smaller sections. The group is divided into 2 teams each day and each team is assigned to walk two transects.
When we walk the transects, we take nets and data sheets with us. If a butterfly is spotted within 10m of us we record it. If the species is not identifiable by sight then we net it and identify it.
There are a total of 360 species of butterflies within Tam Dao and about 200 species present within the area of the village.
I will speak to second block soon. I think you have enough to ponder for the moment.
To my third block lovelies, I plan on talking to you tomorrow night (for me) and that is when we will have our guest.
Tam Piet (goodbye)
The Team
The principal investigator Lien, is a researcher for the Vietnam Russia Tropical Center. He has been working in Tam Dao researching butterflies as part of his PhD since 2002.
Anh (aka The Professor) as I stated before did diplomatic work in China for the Vietnamese government. He has a degree in Forest Management and has been with the project since 2002 as well.
Viet is Lien’s younger brother by 14 years and is a school teacher in his small village on the coast. He gets paid $10 US a month to teach and would like to become an “officer teacher” but you have to pay the government about $2000 US to get that title. It would bring his salary up to $40 US a month. I thought we had it bad.
The reason for the big age difference between Lien and Viet is because their father was a solider in the Vietnam War (here they call it the American War) and did not see his family for that period of time. There were three children in the family prior to the war and three born after the war. Sounds similar to our country.
Bruce and Charlene are a lovely older couple from Boulder Colorado. Bruce is an environmental lawyer who met Charlene in Washington DC. Charlene has worked with the federal government on environmental policy as well. Both are very active in their region of the country for conservation and environmental efforts. They have been in Asia now for 6 weeks and spent most of their time in China.
Rachel Peters teaches 4th grade at a private school in Washington and is basically me but with blond hair and married with a little boy named Tobias. She is very intelligent and has proved to be a great companion so far. She knows how to get this complicated research to a level that her students can understand and has provided me with a lot of help.
Jeff Bucs is a 7th and 8th grade science teacher from Massachusetts and is very eager to learn and reminds me of a kid on Christmas morning when it comes to the research that we are doing. I bet his students love him.
The Expedition
There are a total of six transects (paths) that we walk each day. Each transect is divided into eight smaller sections. The group is divided into 2 teams each day and each team is assigned to walk two transects.
When we walk the transects, we take nets and data sheets with us. If a butterfly is spotted within 10m of us we record it. If the species is not identifiable by sight then we net it and identify it.
There are a total of 360 species of butterflies within Tam Dao and about 200 species present within the area of the village.
I will speak to second block soon. I think you have enough to ponder for the moment.
To my third block lovelies, I plan on talking to you tomorrow night (for me) and that is when we will have our guest.
Tam Piet (goodbye)
A Little Bit About This Place
Tam Dao
Tam Dao is located outside of Hanoi which is the capital of Vietnam. This area was designated as a nature preserve in 1977, then changed to a national park in 1996.
The altitude in the village is about 1300m or ½ mile in the air with higher mountains surrounding us. We are above the clouds.
The village that we are staying in was originally built as a getaway from the very hot and humid Hanoi for the French when they occupied the country. However, after the Vietnam pushed the French out, the locals tore down all the villas and turned it into a tourist town for the people of Hanoi and other tourist. They come up here to relax, walk around the village, and go to the small market, café’s, and sing karaoke. It’s funny when I go to bed and I hear over loud speakers in the village people singing songs in Vietnamese to Richard Marx. In the market they sell little trinkets, cobra wine (yes the cobra is in the bottle) and scorpion wine. There is a crop here that is called chayote (pronounced kind of like coyote) that produces a delicious fruit and even better greens that seems to dominate a large portion of the market.
Outside the small village is the forest which is about 50 miles in length and looks like the shape of a caterpillar. It is home to a number of species some of which I think you all will find interesting like spotted panthers, cobras, and monkeys (like Mrs. Timken). But Lien said that they are too scared of people so they are more up in the north while the village is in the south of the park.
The Vietnamese government is trying to build another road into the heart of the forest which is relatively flat. They want to build another tourist village there to attract foreign investors and bring money to this poor country. However, if this is done, it will affect the health and populations of many rare species of insects, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that live here. Lien is working hard to convince the government that this is not good for the forest. But I don’t know how successful it will be. That’s why we’re here, to aid Lien in gathering data to help determine the ecological health of Tam Dao.
Weather
We are currently in a monsoon. I would like you to take a minute and look up monsoons and report back to me the basics of it. Then we will compare and contrast your knowledge and my experiences. Until then you are going to have to wait in suspense.
Accomodations
I am staying at the MiMi hotel in the village of Tam Dao. It is a cute place with a mixture of French architecture and Vietnamese. Ms. Peters and I share a room which is lovely because we are like two peas in a pod.
If you want your clothes washed while you are here they wash them in a bathtub out back by stomping on them in the water and then hanging out to dry.
Roosters wake us up at the crack of dawn and they roam freely about the village as do many many dogs.
Currently, we do not have any power it has been out for about five hours now and is typical up here due to limited energy sources.
The shower is quite an interesting experience as well. There are no shower curtains and the shower head is a hose and at waist level so you have to kneel in the tub.
Bugs are abundant and upon arrival Rachel (Mrs. Peters) and I found an enormous moth in our room. We deemed him our pet but he died shortly after. The spiders are quite large as well and Mr. Bucs, the other teacher, made the one in his room his pet.
Food
I have had some of the best food I have ever had in my life since I have been here and I have never been crazy about Asian food. We are fed three meals a day. Lunch is the largest meal with an average of 8 dishes laid out on the table to pick and eat from. I’ve gotten quite good at the chopsticks. Example meals:
Breakfast: Cheese and bread, Green tea.
Lunch: Tofu, chicken, wild mushrooms and shrimps, the fruit of the chayote, chayote greens steamed with garlic, French fries, a soup, rice (which always come out last) and then a dessert usually watermelon or dragonfruit.
Dragonfruit is hot pink on the outside and it bumpy. When you cut it open the fruit is white with tiny black seeds in it. It doesn’t even look real but it is delicious, kind of similar to kiwi in texture.
Dinner: Just about as varied in dishes. A lot of the same food cooked in different ways. Ms. Peters and I are both vegetarians and are not having a problem filling our bellies.
I do plan on posting about the work that we are doing with butterflies. There is so much to tell you I think that I need to break it down into sections. Like I said before, technology is VERY limited up here and will do my best to keep in touch with you all.
It is my understanding that Mrs. K will not be at school on Monday. So I will call you on Tuesday. Remember that Lien, Viet, and Anh are going to speak with you. Please reread the prior post and come up with two questions for each person. Here are some guidelines:
Lien- questions pertaining to his butterfly research and the area.
Viet- he is a teacher. Something to do with schools and teaching.
Anh-His work for the Vietnamese government. I found out that he was a entomologist (bug guy) and conducted studies on many different insects in various regions of Vietnam. See if you can get his age out of him, he keeps playing with me and says "it's secret".
Love you and miss you all,
Bethanne Winzeler
Tam Dao is located outside of Hanoi which is the capital of Vietnam. This area was designated as a nature preserve in 1977, then changed to a national park in 1996.
The altitude in the village is about 1300m or ½ mile in the air with higher mountains surrounding us. We are above the clouds.
The village that we are staying in was originally built as a getaway from the very hot and humid Hanoi for the French when they occupied the country. However, after the Vietnam pushed the French out, the locals tore down all the villas and turned it into a tourist town for the people of Hanoi and other tourist. They come up here to relax, walk around the village, and go to the small market, café’s, and sing karaoke. It’s funny when I go to bed and I hear over loud speakers in the village people singing songs in Vietnamese to Richard Marx. In the market they sell little trinkets, cobra wine (yes the cobra is in the bottle) and scorpion wine. There is a crop here that is called chayote (pronounced kind of like coyote) that produces a delicious fruit and even better greens that seems to dominate a large portion of the market.
Outside the small village is the forest which is about 50 miles in length and looks like the shape of a caterpillar. It is home to a number of species some of which I think you all will find interesting like spotted panthers, cobras, and monkeys (like Mrs. Timken). But Lien said that they are too scared of people so they are more up in the north while the village is in the south of the park.
The Vietnamese government is trying to build another road into the heart of the forest which is relatively flat. They want to build another tourist village there to attract foreign investors and bring money to this poor country. However, if this is done, it will affect the health and populations of many rare species of insects, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that live here. Lien is working hard to convince the government that this is not good for the forest. But I don’t know how successful it will be. That’s why we’re here, to aid Lien in gathering data to help determine the ecological health of Tam Dao.
Weather
We are currently in a monsoon. I would like you to take a minute and look up monsoons and report back to me the basics of it. Then we will compare and contrast your knowledge and my experiences. Until then you are going to have to wait in suspense.
Accomodations
I am staying at the MiMi hotel in the village of Tam Dao. It is a cute place with a mixture of French architecture and Vietnamese. Ms. Peters and I share a room which is lovely because we are like two peas in a pod.
If you want your clothes washed while you are here they wash them in a bathtub out back by stomping on them in the water and then hanging out to dry.
Roosters wake us up at the crack of dawn and they roam freely about the village as do many many dogs.
Currently, we do not have any power it has been out for about five hours now and is typical up here due to limited energy sources.
The shower is quite an interesting experience as well. There are no shower curtains and the shower head is a hose and at waist level so you have to kneel in the tub.
Bugs are abundant and upon arrival Rachel (Mrs. Peters) and I found an enormous moth in our room. We deemed him our pet but he died shortly after. The spiders are quite large as well and Mr. Bucs, the other teacher, made the one in his room his pet.
Food
I have had some of the best food I have ever had in my life since I have been here and I have never been crazy about Asian food. We are fed three meals a day. Lunch is the largest meal with an average of 8 dishes laid out on the table to pick and eat from. I’ve gotten quite good at the chopsticks. Example meals:
Breakfast: Cheese and bread, Green tea.
Lunch: Tofu, chicken, wild mushrooms and shrimps, the fruit of the chayote, chayote greens steamed with garlic, French fries, a soup, rice (which always come out last) and then a dessert usually watermelon or dragonfruit.
Dragonfruit is hot pink on the outside and it bumpy. When you cut it open the fruit is white with tiny black seeds in it. It doesn’t even look real but it is delicious, kind of similar to kiwi in texture.
Dinner: Just about as varied in dishes. A lot of the same food cooked in different ways. Ms. Peters and I are both vegetarians and are not having a problem filling our bellies.
I do plan on posting about the work that we are doing with butterflies. There is so much to tell you I think that I need to break it down into sections. Like I said before, technology is VERY limited up here and will do my best to keep in touch with you all.
It is my understanding that Mrs. K will not be at school on Monday. So I will call you on Tuesday. Remember that Lien, Viet, and Anh are going to speak with you. Please reread the prior post and come up with two questions for each person. Here are some guidelines:
Lien- questions pertaining to his butterfly research and the area.
Viet- he is a teacher. Something to do with schools and teaching.
Anh-His work for the Vietnamese government. I found out that he was a entomologist (bug guy) and conducted studies on many different insects in various regions of Vietnam. See if you can get his age out of him, he keeps playing with me and says "it's secret".
Love you and miss you all,
Bethanne Winzeler
Sunday, May 13, 2007
My Brain is Full May I Be Excused?
Well...Hello everyone. This is my second post. My first one just completely dissapeared on me. I am currently in an internet cafe which is really a shack with 12 computer that were probably made in the early 1990's. Mr. Bucs, the teacher from Massachuttes, had a satelitte card but it is not working. Needless to say, I don't believe that we will be able to do the video conference that we had planned on doing. But, I have a suprise for you. Instead, I have asked Lien the head researcher, his brother Viet, and Anh (pronounced Ein like Einstein to speak with you when I teleconference with you over the next couple of days.
This is a great honor for you as students to have this opportunity. They have never spoken with American students so this will be a new experience for all of us. I know that you are wonderful students and I expect you to treat them with the honor and respect that they so deserve.
Lien is the man who is the reason for my being on this trip. We read about him and his research in class. Viet is a teacher in his small village on the coast of Northern Vietnam. During the summer months he comes to Tam Dao to help Lien with his research. He teaches English and is fascinated by the English language so it's a lot of fun to talk with him. He has asked me to speak with his students over the phone. Anh is a retired Vietnamese diplomat and I haven't quite figured out his role in the expedition yet but he shines and makes me smile constantly. All three of them are amazing men and know their subject very well.
Words cannot describe my feeling or experiences here over the past two days in Vietnam. It has already been a life changing experience for me and we haven't even got to the good stuff yet. The Vietnamese are a strong, resilient, kind, and AMAZING people. This is the third poorest nation in the world and they have been invaded and attempted to be conquered by every major dynasty and country that you can think of. Yet through it all, this small country has remained independant from other's rule and they are proud to be "free". I wish that you were all here with me to see what I see and hear what I hear. Due to the limited technology here I will not be able to post my pictures until I get back to Hong Kong. It took me 20 minutes just to get on a website.
Today we spent the morning learning the history of Tam Dao national park, learning different species of butterflies, then walked the first transect. The transect was about 2 miles and we had to walk very slowly. We caught and observed 17 different specied of butterflies and counted a total of 162. Ms. Peter's from Washington state caught a very rare butterfly. One which Viet had never seen and it was all quite exciting. I did practice catching a butterfly today and was successful but I fear I did a little damage to one of the wings. I was told it was going to be okay. Butterflies are EXTREMELY sensitive more so than I ever thought.
It is very late here and I am going to cut this one short. I have learned my lesson on blogging in Vietnam today.
1. Do not wait until 10 o'clock at night to post on a dial up Internet connection in a third world country.
2. I am exhausted and my brain is fuzzy (and yes Grant I do have jet lag now but everything's just so exciting I don't feel it until moments like these).
3. Write it in a word document after being in the field when everything is fresh in my head.
Thank you for your posts all. However, please limit your comments to just one per block. Again, I would like for you to dicuss as a class the newest post and TOGETHER come up with comments and questions. I am not the only one that is reading this blog and I expect you to demonstrate to others the outstanding students that I know you are.
Bonita, the flight to Los Angelos was wonderful. I had the whole row to myself and it was a six hour flight. The flight from LA to Hong Kong was looooong (15 hours) but a very smooth ride. The flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi was very turbulent and I almost lost my lunch but that was just a two hour flight so it wasn't that bad.
I have many stories to tell but for now I bid you good morning and for me good night. Miss you all and love you.
p.s. yes they do eat dog over here. I will try to get a picture of one cooking in Hanoi but please don't ask me any questions about it.
This is a great honor for you as students to have this opportunity. They have never spoken with American students so this will be a new experience for all of us. I know that you are wonderful students and I expect you to treat them with the honor and respect that they so deserve.
Lien is the man who is the reason for my being on this trip. We read about him and his research in class. Viet is a teacher in his small village on the coast of Northern Vietnam. During the summer months he comes to Tam Dao to help Lien with his research. He teaches English and is fascinated by the English language so it's a lot of fun to talk with him. He has asked me to speak with his students over the phone. Anh is a retired Vietnamese diplomat and I haven't quite figured out his role in the expedition yet but he shines and makes me smile constantly. All three of them are amazing men and know their subject very well.
Words cannot describe my feeling or experiences here over the past two days in Vietnam. It has already been a life changing experience for me and we haven't even got to the good stuff yet. The Vietnamese are a strong, resilient, kind, and AMAZING people. This is the third poorest nation in the world and they have been invaded and attempted to be conquered by every major dynasty and country that you can think of. Yet through it all, this small country has remained independant from other's rule and they are proud to be "free". I wish that you were all here with me to see what I see and hear what I hear. Due to the limited technology here I will not be able to post my pictures until I get back to Hong Kong. It took me 20 minutes just to get on a website.
Today we spent the morning learning the history of Tam Dao national park, learning different species of butterflies, then walked the first transect. The transect was about 2 miles and we had to walk very slowly. We caught and observed 17 different specied of butterflies and counted a total of 162. Ms. Peter's from Washington state caught a very rare butterfly. One which Viet had never seen and it was all quite exciting. I did practice catching a butterfly today and was successful but I fear I did a little damage to one of the wings. I was told it was going to be okay. Butterflies are EXTREMELY sensitive more so than I ever thought.
It is very late here and I am going to cut this one short. I have learned my lesson on blogging in Vietnam today.
1. Do not wait until 10 o'clock at night to post on a dial up Internet connection in a third world country.
2. I am exhausted and my brain is fuzzy (and yes Grant I do have jet lag now but everything's just so exciting I don't feel it until moments like these).
3. Write it in a word document after being in the field when everything is fresh in my head.
Thank you for your posts all. However, please limit your comments to just one per block. Again, I would like for you to dicuss as a class the newest post and TOGETHER come up with comments and questions. I am not the only one that is reading this blog and I expect you to demonstrate to others the outstanding students that I know you are.
Bonita, the flight to Los Angelos was wonderful. I had the whole row to myself and it was a six hour flight. The flight from LA to Hong Kong was looooong (15 hours) but a very smooth ride. The flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi was very turbulent and I almost lost my lunch but that was just a two hour flight so it wasn't that bad.
I have many stories to tell but for now I bid you good morning and for me good night. Miss you all and love you.
p.s. yes they do eat dog over here. I will try to get a picture of one cooking in Hanoi but please don't ask me any questions about it.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
WooHoo!!!
Today is the day that we begin our journey to Vietnam. A quick recap of what we did in class yesterday.
- Each group had a copy of the case study "Butterflies of Vietnam: Revealing the Health of the Forest.
- You were each assigned a section and were responsible for
- Reading aloud
- Discussing your section and the environmental issues within it.
- Taking notes.
- Creating a poster for a class presentation.
- The presentations were wonderful and you all made me proud with your understanding of the key points of the research that is being conducted with Vu in Tam Dao National Park.
Ideally, I would like a different student from every class post a comment or question regarding the trip each day. Discuss the research briefly with the class and together come up with a response.
Be good!!!
p.s. Grant- you are responsible for keeping me updated on Scrubs and The Office. :)
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Vietnam
Next week is the big week for the trip!!! Before we begin our focus on what I will be doing while I am in Vietnam, it is important that you get to know a little bit about the country. Please follow the directions below.
- Copy and paste the questions below into a Microsoft Word document and answer them using the following links.
- When you are finished print your copy and make sure that your name and date is on it.
- Remember it is going to take some reading and researching to gather your answers.
- Post a comment with any questions about Vietnam or my trip that you may have.
Questions:
- What is the capital city of Vietnam?
- What countries border Vietnam?
- What is the human population for the country?
- Tell a little bit about the average weather in Vietnam.
- List any health conditions or safety precautions you should take when visting Vietnam.
- What are their main environmental issues?
- What are the four great philosophies and religions of the Vietnamese?
- What type of government do they have in Vietnam?
- Copy and paste a picture of the Vietnam flag.
- Describe the story behind "The Land of the Dragon People".
- What is the name of their currency?
- List any interesting information you found throughout your search.
Links:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/vietnam
http://grunt.space.swri.edu/visit/maps/maps.htm
http://www.mapsofworld.com/vietnam/
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html
http://www.sadec.com/Profile/viet01.html
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