Habitat for Humanity Thailand: Come and cry with us for 9 days straight

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March 13th 2008

Published: March 13th 2008

Habitat For Humanity We arrived in Thailand from Cambodia, and had one night to spend in Bangkok. We booked our usual hotel and went for a stroll to arrange some future travel plans. Oop! We bumped into Lianne and Laurie, on their way to an overnight train to Ko Tao. We were able to chat for a bit before they went to the train station. Funny coincidence! We left Bangkok on a northbound night tra... Read Full Entry

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Michelle and Travis

Tbone and Maam

June, 2007 We got married in June of 2007 and figured our backpack through Asia trip had to happen now or never, so we quit our jobs, sold our cars, rented our condo, and booked our plane tickets. Now it's time to teach in Japan and then travel through Southeast Asia! May, 2008 We arrived safely back in Toronto, and we have to get back to real life! We're trying to get the last few entries of our travels posted so please bear with us! March, 2009 We have continued our travels with a short visit to South America: Chile and Argentina!... full info

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Nong Khai - Mekong River

Nong Khai - Buddha Park

7 snakes

Nong Khai - Buddha Park

Kitten preparing to pounce on pigeons

Nong Khai - Buddha Park

Udon Thani - Phu Phra Bat Park

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Day 6 - Travis and Arisa working hard to finish the walls!

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Attempting to learn Thai songs on our lunch hour.

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Two more walls to go...Travis, Miki and Akiko.

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One of the least fun parts of the day...cleaning up. Yuriko looks happy because she does everything with a smile on her face!!!

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Son of a market shop-owner takes a rest

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Michelle has windy hair on the back of a sawngthaew

Udon Thani - Karin Hotel

Surprise party to thank the group leader (Yu)! Top Row: Travis, Rachel, Yu, Miki, Sayaka, Steve, Rina Middle Row: Yuriko, Michelle, Shinya, Tomomi, Maiko Akiko Bottom Row: Nozomi, Ebi, Arisa

Udon Thani - visting a local school

We taught them how to make origami frogs!

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Ceremony to thank the workers and wish us good luck, good health, happiness and love.

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The homeowner dedication ceremony - it was very emotional. You could see how much she appreciated our efforts.

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Celebrating completion of the house!

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Farewell dinner - they treated us to some Thai dancing

13th March 2008

sheila clark
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Great Work!
What a wonderful way to spend 9 days! Good for you guys! By the way I really love the photo of the two monks walking down the street in a past blog. It looks like you are using special effects in some of your photography.? Cheers and happy travels. Sheila

20th March 2008

rachel
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O genki de!
Yabe omoshiroi (not omoshiri...!)! It is so good to read this and remember what we did - thanks you guys! Great photos and great memories. Hope you are enjoying Bali - did you make it to Gili Trawangan? KIT - Rachel :-)

25th March 2008

Steve Williams
non-member comment

March 25 You both did a great job!
Reading your blog brings everything back and reminds me how lucky I was to meet you and be part of the Habitat group. I'm not crying but almost!

26th March 2008

Ayumi Ota
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Your story touched me :)
I am Ayumi from Habitat Japan. Steve told me about your blog and I really enjoyed reading it! I am so happy you guys enjoyed the 9 days with other members. Thank you for joining the GV! Actually I was a member of students group of Habitat in Kansai when I was a university students, and your story reminded me of the days I spent with my team members in Philippine. Anyway, thank you again for your participation and hope your safe trip! P.S. I am gonna be an avid reader of your blog! I love traveling and can feel like I am treaveling through your blog!!

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