Cutting It Close

[ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth][ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth][ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth][ezcol_1fifth] [/ezcol_1fifth][ezcol_1fifth_end] [/ezcol_1fifth_end] This week has been crazy hectic between jumping off a ten hour train to Ayutthaya, bicycling around the city, then heading to Bangkok for three days where we got to witness the people’s reactions to the king’s death firsthand. Every single citizen in the city is dressed in black to show they are mourning. We stumbled upon a mourning ceremony devoted to making sure… Read More

Week 3- End of the Homestays

Sawatdee Kha!, The last part of the homestays went by relatively quickly. On September 27th, we had the opportunity to teach English at a girls school in Mae Rim! We planned out games and some basic lessons to teach, regarding body parts, places, and numbers. The girls were all high school age, and very polite; an intereting contrast to a typical American high school environment. We broke into four groups… Read More

Scavenger Hunt- Siena, Anika, Finn

Sawatdeekha(Khrap), Now that we’ve appropriately begun our first blog post by butchering the Thai Language, hello. On our first full day in Thailand, we (the dream team of Finn, Siena, and I) wandered like lost puppies through the streets of Chiang Mai with 300 baht to do as many things as we could on the list we were given such as: find a map of Chiang Mai, find out what… Read More