Earlier this year we hosted two groups from Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS). This is great little school, nestled away in the back roads of Saigon, surrounded by ramshackle buildings and shops, it is very modern and well equipped. In addition they obviously see the benefit for the students of undertaking one of our short trips, which is usually a good sign of a well rounded education (even though I say it myself!).
The school actually took away two year groups, with the Year 9′s heading over to Cambodia and the Year 12′s hitting Borneo. Since the school is in Saigon they elected for the Year 9′s to take a coach to our camp in Beng Mealea, stopping for a night in Phnom Penh en route. The Year 12′s flew via Brunei, spending a night there with a local tour operator, before being met by our team at Kota Kinabalu airport. Here are links to their follow up reflections on their experience……
As you can see from some of their comments it was certainly a challenge, just the day to day living conditions, compared to what they are used to at home. And despite our best efforts it appears an IPad or two some how slipped into the camps!
Thank you to the team for their hard work and energy and we look forward to welcoming back RISS again next year.
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