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December 1st 2010
Published: May 17th 2011
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Well, after an uneventful flight to Chaing Rai (1,000+ kms north of Bangkok) last Tuesday (23rd Nov), we landed to a welcoming party from the Maechan Children's Home. 15 of us piled into 2 x vehicles, some more comfortable than others (!!) and drove into Chiang Rai for lunch which consisted of rice, rice, rice, chicken, chilli, pepsi & rice 😊 After arriving at the Mae Chan Children'... Read Full Entry



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I am a community service coordinator/drug & alcohol support worker and live in Adelaide, South Australia (for now :)). I have done a bit of travelling in the last couple of years, throughout Asia mostly, and am heading to New Zealand in a few weeks. This time I will be travelling solo which is both exciting and worrying!! :/ I love my job/s but they can be quite tiring both physically and mentally and travelling seems to offer me the 'space' I need to find that calm & happy place again :) I get so excited about seeing the world, meeting new people & getting out of my ... full info
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One of my sponsor kids.
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The kids sang every night. Sounded like angels :)
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The children's home in Maechan.
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We let some of the girls paint our faces - with talc powder!
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The kids home - soccer field.
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We took over UNO and they beat us! haha
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On our last night with the children we had a camp fire.
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Our last night - we played...a lot :)
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Some of the kids on our last night. This is a typical Ahka traditional head dress.
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The food that they put on for us every night. It was incredible :)
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Nickname: Big Bum. True!
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Their beautiful smiles warm your heart :)
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The whole team from Australia, all 53 children and the wonderful carers.
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The reality that we were leaving upset everyone.
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The bond we had with the kids was more than we ever imagined :)
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The last night together some of the boys displayed their fun side!
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My 'kids'! :)
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Our last morning with the children.
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Forever friendships :)



19th May 2011

David Grew
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What a nice pics of beautiful kids! I presume that the kids originally were very introverted and cautious of us and it took a few days for them to temperate to us. Thanks dude :)

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