Tag: Backstreet Academy
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The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For…
Read more: The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For…For those of you who have read my other post on Apsara dancing, this is the moment you have all been waiting for… As another Backstreet Academy activity, we did Apsara dancing. We arrived at the Plateau association, where we would learn how to this traditional Cambodian dance. We met our backstreet facilitator who translated…
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Fear Factor Cambodian Style!
Read more: Fear Factor Cambodian Style!What creeps, crawls and tastes delicious? Bugs of course! During the Cambodian civil war, there were food shortages and people were starving to death. Many were forced to look for alternative food sources like bugs in order to survive. The bugs were often eaten alive, because lighting a fire could reveal one’s location to the enemy.…
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You Light Up My Life
Read more: You Light Up My LifeIn Hoi An there are lanterns everywhere that provide light and are great for decorations! Lanterns were first brought to Hoi An in the 16th century when the Chinese and the Japanese settled in Vietnam. For 400 years, lanterns were used in shops and homes and are a symbol of the town. Sadly, the traditional lanterns…
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Backstreet Bun Cha!
Read more: Backstreet Bun Cha!Whenever we go to a new country, we always try to find a way to cook some local dishes and get a feel for the food. In Thailand we went to an awesome cooking school that was really slick. In Hanoi, we thought we would do the same thing as there are numerous cooking schools…
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To He Or Not To He….
Read more: To He Or Not To He….Happy Easter to all our friends and family who celebrate this holiday! For our next fantastic class with the Backstreet Academy, we learned how to make traditional toys called “to he” out of a homemade coloured dough (similar to Play Dough). This form of Vietnamese toy making started in the 17th century. In those days,…