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Mae Sot Slideshow
Mae Sot
Travel Blogs from Mae Sot, Thailand
If at first you don't suceed, try and try again!
... to volunteer. We went to Ban Thai, which the LP recommended that we go to to get info as tourist info is scarce in Mae Sot. We found the agent very strange indeed, for every question we asked him, he had to think for about 20 seconds for the right ...
Partners Office Visit
... a nice sleep-in with breakfast around 9:00am in the courtyard at our hotel (the Poon Na Gunn). Then we were at the Partners Mae Sot office by 10:00am to meet the staff and shop for some hand-crafted refugee items. We were treated to an incredible ...
Stepping in the Same River Twice
... out towards Mae Sot, then turned north on the Mae Sariang Road before getting to town. Mae Sariang is a 6 hour motorcycle ride from Mae Sot--I know, because I have done it. I ride on for about 15 minutes, hoping he is making a circuitous route back to ...
Happy 16th Nichole!
... , but especially special for Nichole. A very happy sweet 16 to her, and the Karen kids even sang to her, too. When we visited Mae La Refugee Camp, they sang "Happy Birthday" to her in Karen and English! Then, they sang their blessing song to her. At the ...
Down on the Farm (Days 1 and 2)---UPDATED
Today was our first day working on the partners farm. We laid the foundation for a new outhouse, stucco'd the walls in a new building, and fixed some fence posts. When we first arrived, we broke up into groups. Nichole, Matt C., Aaron, ...
First glimpses of Thailand
... in Mae Sot at 6am and grabbed the obvious tourists- Vanessa and Chris from Canada and got a taxi and guesthouse together. I went around Mae Sot with Vanessa and Chris and saw many refugees and one came up to us and asked where we all came from and then ...
Slow day in Mae Sot
Got up and decided to have a Thai massage before heading onwards to Chiang Mae. Was a little painful, but hopefully beneficial. Then had some breakfast in the same restaurant. Tried to buy a media card reader, as no internet pcs seem to have them. A ...
Dec 17, 2010
Travels around Mae Sot for the day
... , then Jack said a powerful prayer for the freedom of the Karen and Burmese people, and then we returned to Thailand. Next we drove to the Partners farm in Mae Sot, where Matt gave us the grand tour. They have fish ponds with Catfish and Telapia, and are ...
Update on the Medical Supplies
I have recieved some questions about the medical supplies that were confiscated and realized that we had not put out an update so here it is. The customs officials went through our bags and saw the medical ...
It's been fun, but we're headed back to the jungle
Hello everyone! We've been in Mae Sot for the last couple days. The guys on our team have been helping Partners lay concrete and build a house on a piece of land the organization recently purchased to use as a training center for the Karen ...
A Fairytale
Here is the beginning of the story of the unmarked log with the fuzzy red cover. It starts in a country once called Siam: When Jack was born, the stars were in an unusual alignment. The moon went through all its phases in just one night. It waxed ...
Jungle tour
Are in Mae Sot a quite strange place. Came by plain. In the airport there were no taxis so after a half hour we had to go out on the main road to find a taxi. I am in Town now a bit strange town were the dogs bites after you and the people are combination ...
Intro
On the cover of this log, I put a stamp of Thailand. I would like to make it clear that the content does not have to be strictly words and narratives. It can be poetry, drawings, lyrics, musical notes, pasted objects from the trip... Do it up. It ...
Myanmar (Burma)
I caught a bus from Chiang Mai down to Mae Sot, a small town on the Thai-Myanmar border. I found a place to crash for the night and the next morning woke up to find out about the possibility of crossing over in to Myanmar. I found out real quick that it ...
Back In Mae Sot
... reach hard to get Internally Displaced People. Many of these are refugees from the Burma civil war and have poured into Thailand. Have been busy in Mae Sot for the time I was there. I also befriended a journalist who has lived in Mae Sot for the past ...
Outsiders
Mae Sot is a border town in northern Thailand. It is home to a large number of western volunteers who are working to help feed, cloth and educate Burmese refugees. We are very used to being outsiders wherever we go but being in Mae Sot and ...
We're Off Again to the Mountains!
Today began with a team breakfast in the courtyard of our hotel, and then we were off to pack-up for check-out of the hotel, as we will be traveling to the mountains. Jocelyn joined Liz to do some food and VBS shopping for our trip ...
day 265: happy memory
No excitement on the return trip, but I still don't like Mae Sot much. Too busy, too dirty and because the cheap rooms in the surrounding hotels were sold out, I checked into the ugly place again. Then I found the Peace Cafe. Campaigning for peace in ...
Mae Sot
... I was sick in Bangkok, so I was happy to leave there. I meet up w/ Dang in Bangkok to take the bus to Mae Sot (the border town between Thailand and Burma). He has been very busy up here w/ all of his projects that I have only seen him once in the ...
Church Service & Baptisms
Today was beyond amazing for all of us! We are all still talking about how God orchestrated all of us together for such a special day. Our day began around 4:00am with the crowing of the resident alarm clocks. We stayed snuggled in our warm sleeping bags ...
Just when you thought it couldnt be more bizaare..
... plain rude...! I really hope my opinion is changed at some point but so far they have only gone down in my already low estimations... OK, Mae Sot, so my plans slightly changed as i was going to hire a scooter and go to Um Phang but the guy who runs the ...
On the border
At the invitation of my friend Jim, we spent several days in Mae Sot, tutoring Burmese refugee students in the Minmahaw school. One of the highlights of our travels. However, I am not posting photos or stories about these inspiring young people because I ...
Intro
Our words circumnavigate countries, to find unknown crevices of the map and extract their stories, images, and impressions. In every language, there is a tale to be told, no matter how obscure, taboo, or common. They are the remnants of lives, of ...
A Visit to the Partners Farm
... , and Whenever. Then we were treated to a grand tour by Matt of the Parters Farm near Mae Sot. There we saw eggplant and chilli crops nearing harvet, several fish ponds of Talipia and catfish, some HUGE catfish, several ...
Grim Scene at the Garbage Dump
British David, his Thai GF Kung, French Emmanuella, and WM wangled a car to go to the garbage dump. ETIOLOGY OF GARBAGE- There are garbage bins scattered across town. Trashpickers with bicycle carts sort through the ...
so close to myanmar
... update,.. after i left thailand i had little time on computer and my activities were reported on facebook ;o) == there i am in Mae Sot,.. just across the river is another countries where civil war still rages and sends streams of refugees, a process that ...
We arrived in sukothai and were immediately ...
... Sot - which lies 3 km from the Burma border. The border was closed, much to my dismay, but it was not disappointing! Mae Sot had a great cultural diversity. There were Indians, Burmese and Thai - and more I'm sure! The Burmese were very ...