https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4 'The Trip to Australia' en-us 2017-03-13 01:55:32 UTC 2026-01-05 18:21:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png ldrapley https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159553777 The Vietnam War took place between 1955-1975. Some of Anh's relatives (including his father) were apart of the war.
Once the communist side won, Anh's family decided to escape on a boat (originally) going to Malaysia.]]> 2017-03-13 01:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159553777 ldrapley https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159554179 Everyone who was planning to escape chipped in to buy a boat & supplies. The boat was nine meters long & two meters wide, which fitted forty people.  This seemed to be the easy part of their journey.
  ]]> 2017-03-13 02:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159554179 ldrapley https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159554696 They encountered two sets of pirates on their journey. The first one stole everything from them (well, what they had left). 
The second one, hanged a baby (Anh's brother, Khoa) off the edge of the boat & almost kidnapped a lady. However, those pirates might have saved their lives as one of the pirates gave them a jug of water.]]> 2017-03-13 02:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159554696 ldrapley https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159555182 After five days, Anh's mum sees a boat. It was a different shape to the other two boats. They saw a flag, & realized they were Germans.
The Germans grabbed an ax & swung it at their boat. His dad then realized, that they could only save them if their boat was sinking.
Once it was sinking, they were off the Germany. ]]> 2017-03-13 02:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159555182 ldrapley https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159555821 After a while in a refugee camp in Malaysia, Australia offered sanctuary to their family.
When they got there, they were given clothes by St Vincent de Paul & they started a new life.]]> 2017-03-13 02:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrapley/r2barrsllyl4/wish/159555821