This morning we said a very fond farewell to our adopted home in Thailand. After two weeks of volunteering and exploring our little city, we’ve had a ton of friends, Thai and non-Thai, old and young, to say goodbye to over the past few days. We finished our work at the nun’s school, having planted [...]
Read More...Amy’s birthday weekend is off to an amazing start! This morning our group got to go elephant trekking around the jungle, totally spectacular! After that a group of us went canoeing to the Sunken Temple and then we all surpised Amy with a birthday cake. Tonight we’re off to Garden Home to watch the FA [...]
Read More...Even on the other side of the world, the Citeline team sticks together!
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Quite by accident I wound up becoming something of a builders’ assistant this week. While my fellow workers were digging away at the drainage trenches, I got down to business on the new toilets. At first our guide Jay came back pretty regularly to check on me, translating instructions from the local builders who are [...]
Read More...It is safe to say that Thailand is absolutely brilliant! Bangkok was a lot of fun but up here in Sangkhlaburi it is like a different world, absolutely amazing. As a couple people already said, this morning we were taken to a little museum or cultural center dedicated to the Karen people, a sort of [...]
Read More...Our first full day in Thailand has been an absolute blast! Our amazing Real Gap guides have been taking us all around to different temples and the incredible royal palace. We all had to buy sun hats to beat the heat (Sally’s mum would be proud) and Jenna cooled off at lunchtime with a refreshing [...]
Read More...After a marathon 16 hour flight Lauren, Jenna Ethan and I have finally landed in Hong Kong! We had just enough time for some cultural exploration (of the noodle variety) and now we are off to board the plane for Thailand!
Read More...So, with just a week until we leave—and the UK contingent starting to blog—Thailand all of the sudden feels very real…and very soon! Over on the US side Jenna, Lauren and I have had some very productive meetings where we’ve discussed the merits of linen pants, plotted our line of attack against mosquitoes and considered [...]
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