Inn Come Hotel Chiang Rai

... of help they’ve given and continually give to people, but the 'Mirror Foundation' is making a huge difference that meets a vast spread of needs. A tiny portion of this assistance is channeled through volunteers, who pay lots of money to fly half-way across the world to come and help out here. Many are young, enthusiastic and have great intentions, but a good majority of ...

Today, we went on a tour of Chaemlung School which just got a machine to help them make decorative paper boxes. They are going to begin selling these boxes to raise money for the school. And they are also going to use the process to teach the children a skill/trade, so that if they do not have the opportunity to go to university, they can use it as a trade and a means of making money and supporting their family.<br><br>While at the school, we met a ...

... it all for a couple of days. There's a big safety campaign here in Thailand at the moment featuring very graphic posters all along the highway. One of them I found quite shocking, was of a young woman obviously having had an accident, on a ventilator with black eyes and all kinds of horrible injuries, breast feeding a baby. The only eye contact was with the child, who I guess would be about a year old, and was staring out from the ...

... her in a town called phetchaburi (3hrs from bangok). so whats another 3 hrs! it was a nice day or so and my american friend lisa (who teaches english in the local school), showed me some sights on her moped. we went to a really cool cave where monks hang out and pray infront of many big stautues of budda (see pics) and cruised around, looked around the school she works and kicked a footy with some kids. oh and the monkeys!!.. theres stacks of monkeys ...

... for reasons other than the tourist trade. The church was close to 100 years old, so it isn't just for the "farang" expats that live in and around the area. I asked a few of the local Thai folk, whom were Buddhist in faith, about celebrating Christmas and found out that many of them bought presents for their family and friends. All in all, Chiang Rai was a lot more Christmassy than we expected. Lisa and I decided to have pizza for our Christmas dinner this year; from ...

... be honest there wasnt much to see but it was just a pleasure to get out of the mini bus. Generally the guys on the tour with me were OK, but one of them was a pain in the a**. I didnt realise it before, but Aussies really are a pain in the h*le! Im sorry if that is an out and out generalisation, but i have not met one over here who isnt. They are loud and obnoxious and - i guess you could say the brits of SE Asia (sorry Slugster ...

... me cross into Burma with my motor bike. They will only let you go by foot as a westerner. I know I spent 10 minutes arguing with them about it wile 50 Thi people went throw the border on bike with out even stooping showing papers or anything. Everyone I talked to who crossed did so only to renew there Visa. Their are not a lot independent travelers in the fair north. Although I did meet one Canadian who spent 4 ...

... with them. In the west, we tend to acquire lots of stuff and rarely get rid of it. Here, though, much of the "stuff" was never intended to be kept all that long. For lunch today, for instance, pretty much everything our guide used to cook with could be returned afterwards directly to the forest. The rice he poured with water into a section of bamboo lined with a banana leaf, then placed the bamboo on the fire. He used ...

... we in de voormiddag nog twee uurtjes op het strand gezeten voor het back to reality was! De dag ernaben ik met de tour begonnen waar ik u aan bezig ben. Voila dat is mijn tussentijds verslagje, ben benieuwd wat mij hier nog allemaal te wachten gaat staan! Jullie houden mij ook van het Belgische nieuws op de hoogte hé! Tot de volgende! xKimx PS: Héél grappig you-tube filmpje van de fuif, hopelijk wordt het een succes! Had er graag bij geweest!

... al zin in!!<br>Hier over komt later meer!!<br>Nou dat was het weer voor vandaag, tot snel maar weer.<br>liefs Annemarth en Lester<br><br>ps,<br>iedereen heel erg bedankt voor de lieve SMS'jes met oud en nieuw!<br>Sandra, heel veel succes met het pakken van je spullen voor je trip naar Engeland!! Ik hoop dat de lessen goed te volgen zijn!<br>Jordie, dankje voor je lieve mailtje.<br>Opa en Oma, leuk dat jullie alles zo trouw lezen; Ik heb echte 'cyber grandparents'