On Saturday, October 23, our friend Sofia joined us for a three-hour bus ride east out of Mae Sot to the historic ruins of Sukhothai. And when I say we rode a bus, I really mean we rode a passenger van that should have been sent to a junkyard 20 years ago. We arrived in Sukhothai in [...]
On Monday, October 18, I started teaching at my organization. It happens to be the same ethnic minority that Amber teaches, and the students at our two organizations know each other well. I have about six to eight students per day, between the ages of 18 and 25. Unfortunately, Amber teaches from 9am to noon, [...]
We’ve been in Mae Sot for about two weeks now, and we absolutely love this town! It’s a small town with an official population of 40,000 people, although the actual undocumented population is much higher. In addition, I would estimate there are 500 foreigners from a handful of nations doing humanitarian work. Because we all [...]
It has been way too long since I’ve posted to this blog! Amber and I moved to Mae Sot last weekend, so here’s a day-by-day summary of what we’ve been up to since then. Sunday, October 3 – We said farewell to Chiang Mai and our friends at Duangkamon Place. Our friends from CM Lanna [...]
Prior to moving to Thailand, Amber researched some different volunteer opportunities within and around Chiang Mai. She contacted one called Jen’s House in San Pa Tong, a suburb about 15 miles southwest of Chiang Mai. On Friday morning, October 1, representatives from the school picked us up at our hotel for a full day of [...]
Last Monday, we took the Green Bus for a six-hour ride southwest of Chiang Mai to Mae Sot in Tak Province. Mae Sot is located a few miles from the Thai-Burma border, and it’s ground zero for NGOs, international aid workers, and volunteers to assist refugees and undocumented individuals from Burma. The UN estimates that [...]
Last Sunday (yes, I apologize, I’m a week behind on posting to our blog!), we went to a relaxing lake just north of Chiang Mai. The lake is called Huay Tung Tao, and it’s man-made. So technically, it’s a reservoir and not a lake. Either way, this is one of the best-kept secrets in Chiang [...]