Swadeka!!! (hello in Thai) So a ton as happened since my last blog. The Thai cooking class was fun, we cooked some an interesting dish known as Thai Sticky balls, which are pretty much rice flour balls boiled in water and then added to coconut water. It was very interesting and the texture was sorta like bubble gum, I didn't like it very much but it was definitely an experience. Later that night some of us volunteers went down to the night market, but it was kinda sorta boring and so we just hit up the local bar and had a couple of drinks. Wednesday: So the day care is absolutely amazing. I love it there. Today we went off separately with different teachers. I went with Krue(teacher) Phon(which means rain) to the gym with some ... read more

Hello everyone. So I finally arrived in Trang this morning around 10am, about 11 pm your time. It is so unbelievably gorgeous. Every where you look is green, and not green like back home more like..I dunno.. maybe Ireland green. Its great. And there are all these rubber trees everywhere. I will try to take some pictures tomorrow. I am a little scared though just because there are a lot of taboos here especially not being able to take pictures of certian things, so i'm pretty nervous. I arrived in Thailand on Thursday and spent Friday touring around Bangkok with 3 other volunteers that were staying at the same hotel as me. It was a lot of fun. We went on a long boat tour through the canals which are DISGUSTING!! The water has got to ... read more

Hello Everyone! So right now I am sitting at home just having said good bye to my friends and am now waiting for my parents to get done doing whatever it is they are doing. In about 30 minutes we shall be heading off to the airport...ahh! I have never traveled to a different country by myself before and I am very anxious/scared! My travel time is almost 24 hours from the time I leave Boston, MA and the time I arrive in Salvador, Brazil at 4:05pm TOMORROW!!! I'm totally freaking out that I might have forgotten to pack something and you know that my suit case is already TOO heavy and packed WAYYYY to much. If I do any shopping in Brazil (which I promise you I will) I am going to have to buy ... read more