Destination: Thailand

Photos: Kata Beach

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 | By genebi | Photo Gallery

Aurevoir l'Asie...merci pour tout

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 | By genebi | Views [777] | Comments [2]

Étonnement, choc, repousser les limites du possible, repousser ses propres limites, différent…voilà les mots qui me viennent en tête lorsque je pense à notre séjour en Asie. Et oui, me voilà rendue au bilan de notre périple en Asie. Demain, ... Read more >

Goodbye Asia, thank you!

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 | By alexxdiep | Views [1156] | Comments [1]

On November 14, 2009 we left Canada to start our Around the World trip. Now, on June 14 we’ll be leaving Bangkok and Asia to continue our trip to Greece. It is incredible that it had been seven months since we started. We visited so many wonderful countries ... Read more >

Photos: Phuket (Thailand)

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 | By alexxdiep | Photo Gallery

Photos: Mae Fah Luang Gardens

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery

Tags: mostly pics of flowers for mom.

The Lost Week: Doi Tung

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [609]

Well, thankfully, Ben came back up from his trekking in Chiang Mai on Friday.  We took a walk to the yellow tables, had a nice normal sized meal, and then headed back to the hotel in hopes of getting a good nights rest and an early start the next morning.... Read more >

Got nothin' but time on my hands and getting larger every minute!

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [449]

So I returned to good ol' Baan Rub Aroon, my home away from home, and awaited the return of my travel partner, Ben.  I had a day or so to myself, so I took advantage of the me time and wandered aimlessly through the food market and the streets that branched ... Read more >

The Lost Week: Exit Stage Left

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [364]

I admit it, I bailed a couple days early. With me only having a couple days left on my volunteer stint and having wrapped up the projects I was working on, I decided to make a hasty exit stage left late Thursday afternoon.  After saying goodbye to ... Read more >

Week 5 & 6: Last Days at Mirror

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [283]

Last week and much of this week has been pretty much the same as previous weeks.  Making bricks, getting eaten by bugs, sorting clothes for distribution at the local schools, getting eaten by bugs, rainstorms, getting eaten by bugs, singing around the ... Read more >

Egg and Whisky Anyone?

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [280]

While at the homestay in the Tebuya Akha village, I had a chance to talk with one of the Mirror staff members, who happens to be Akha.  We talked about the traditional clothes they wear as well as their marriage "ceremony" and how they get ... Read more >

Photos: Phuket Todays

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 | By phuket | Photo Gallery

Photos: Chiang Mai

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 | By lewis4585 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Flight of the Gibbons

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery

Weekend 4: Blessings and Goodbyes

Mon, 31 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [285]

We got back from homestay Friday afternoon and after a short rest, we had dinner and quickly got dressed to attend a special temple service. Apparently, Friday was a holiday. Known as Visakha Bucha, it is the day commemorating the birth, enlightenment ... Read more >

Photos: Khun Kom Waterfalls

Sun, 30 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery