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A WORLD of Opportunities I will be volunteering with the Northern Hill tribes in Thailand for two weeks and then will be traveling to Cambodia and Vietnam, to visit my sis!

Caves

THAILAND | Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | Views [378]

On Tuesday all of the volunteers taught English in the morning then we took the afternoon off to explore the caves that surround Mae Sai. We hired a Song Tao (a red truck that eveyone piles into the the back of it). We had to bring our own flashlights ... Read more >


School time!

THAILAND | Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Views [359]

School started so we finally had the opportunity to teach English. I chose to teach grade 1. These kids were fantastic. Although they have an attention span that lasts only 5 minutes they did seem keen to learn.The very first day my teacher was not in ... Read more >


Golden Triangle

LAOS | Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Views [378]

Today Nicole and I decided to teach at school in the morning and then head to the Golden Triangle! This is where you are able to see Myanmar/Burma, Thailand and Laos! When we arrived we were in awe! There was a massive Golden Buddah, the Mekong River ... Read more >


Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Monday, 12 May 2008 | Views [441]

This past weekend Nicole and I travelled on a 4 hour bus ride to Chiang Mai. It is the second largest city in Thailand with only 200,000 population. The first being Bangkok with about 7.5 million! When we arrived we ran into two Americans that were traveling ... Read more >


first day at the orphanage! Mae Sai

THAILAND | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [918] | Comments [4]

So today was the first day at the childlife mae sai orpahanage. www.childlifemaesai.org I cant even begin to describe it! We started off by jumping in the back of the truck and rode out to the project. As we rode through the muddy roads there were ... Read more >


First night in Bangkok

THAILAND | Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [412] | Comments [3]

I arrived in Bangkok with a bit of panic since I could not find my ride but after a bit of wandering I met up with Tong. She was very sweet and seemed to speak little English. the city was dark but I was surprised at how many people were still out. ... Read more >


The night before the big adventure!

USA | Thursday, 1 May 2008 | Views [377] | Comments [1]

Hi all, I just wanted to write to not only say bye but also to test out my blog. I am starting to feel a bit of nerves but I am sure everything will be alright! I am not looking forward to the long flights ahead but I will do my best to notify you all ... Read more >


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