When we left Phuket, we really didn’t know what to expect. We had heard a town called Kanchanaburi was fun, inexpensive and most importantly, not under-water. We left as a group of eight, lost two, and as of today (Saturday) our group has swelled to thirteen of the original thirty-two ATI students. It is really tragic to see the devastation that has hit our new home-away-from-home, as more than one-third of Thailand’s provinces are now under water. Even major portions of the capital city Bangkok, with a population estimated to be somewhere between twelve and sixteen million people, are in the process of evacuation. The flooding is hitting our ATI group hard as well. At the very least five of the ATI students have found the situation too overwhelming, or too inconvenient, and are on their
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