Destination: Thailand

Week 5 & 6: Last Days at Mirror

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [268]

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 [259]

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 [275]

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

Photos: Wat Rong Khun

Sun, 30 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Visakha Bucha

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Tabuya Akha Village

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Photo Gallery

Week 4: Homestay at Tebuya Akha Village

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [268]

I can't remember if I explained what a homestay entails and I'm too lazy to go back and read my previous posts, but basically every time a new group of volunteers come through the foundation, they get to spend a few days with one of the local hill tribes.... Read more >

Weekend 3: Seeing Chiang Rai on the back of a scooter

Tue, 25 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [230]

After a long, hard week, the gang (sans Sasha) went to our favorite home away from home, Baan Rub Aroon for another relaxing weekend. Ben and I got into town a little early since we had to take Andy#2 to the hospital. We hit a couple of the bars on ... Read more >

Chiang Mai

Mon, 24 May 2010 | By tobiasryan | Views [357]

You have got to be fucking kidding me! Where the hell is my credit card? I wasnt too sure whether i had lost it or it was stolen! I was still feeling the effects of the big night the night before and my mind and heart was racing. I immediately went ... Read more >

Week 3: Another day in the life of a Mirror volunteer

Sat, 22 May 2010 | By blackntan210 | Views [241]

I know, I know. I'm behind again. Mea culpa. The bad thing is I don't remember a whole lot from last week, except that things at the foundation were fairly uneventful. We got a whole new batch of people in, 18 additional gap year or college age kids ... Read more >

Photos: chiang mai

Thu, 20 May 2010 | By zenjen | Photo Gallery