That sounds like it should be a song title… “Night Train to Bangkok.”
Anyhow, We have left northern Thailand and headed south. After 14 hours on a train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok we jumped inot vans and ended up in Pattaya - a massive tourist area.
We visited a children’s home where we cleaned the building, […]
Archive for March, 2007
Hi again everyone,
Sorry we haven’t posted anything in a couple of days. We’ve been traveling across northern Thailand and have had limited access to internet.
We have been having a lot of fun visiting children’s homes and drop-in centers. We took a group of about 50 kids to a local swimming pool where they received bathing […]
Hero Holiday has taken on a new frontier: Thailand! The students who came with us had already experienced a Hero Holiday or humanitarian trip that was HH approved. Our group that went was small but we were mighty!
Our team of 15 participants had an incredible experience as we immersed ourself […]
...continue readingHello Canadians,
Imagine, St. Paddy’s Day and not one Irish Pub in sight!
We spent the day teaching English at a school in Chiang Rai. We taught everything from sports terms (goooooooooooooal!) to how to find a hospital. The kids had a great time and we have already been invited back again. We made some great new […]
I know you’ve been wondering about how some of our participants did in their Rambo auditions… well, it seems that the movie was not Rambo. It was a docu-drama about an elephant who wanders into the city. Sounds pretty cool, but definitely not “Rambo” cool. But several Hero Holidayers did get to be extras in […]
...continue readingSa-wad-dee kaa & Sa-wad-dee khrab,
We have made it safely to Chiang Mai, Thailand! We arrived on Tuesday, March 13, after about 24 hours of constant travel.
Instead of going to bed when we arrived, we went into the city on a wild scavanger hunt where we had to try to learn how to barter very quickly. […]