Thailand

Ana and Kara at the buffet.

Ali sitting cooking our meal at a buffet place just off the street. We had to try and cook our own food. We cooked noodles and herbs (it was funny because we discovered that we cooked sweet noodles so they were really quite horrible).

The plane, we were in the middle row of four!

Today

Hello everyone, hope you are all enjoying reading up about what I have been doing in Thailand.
Today we spent the day on the island that's on the river we are near to called Koh Kret. We went to the market there and I bout a nice bag and a bracelt for a total of £2.40, which is really very good!
We then had lunch at a jazz cafe place and then went back to Rachel and James' house which was really nice because the wee girl they are hoping to adopt from CCD is staying with them for a week over Thai new year so we spent today with her, she's lovel.
We went on a trip round the island after and fed some massive fish with bread (instead of feeding the birds you feed the fish in Thailand)
Then we went to Major which is a food court place near us on the bikes (mine has no brakes though) and had some tea which for me was Cow Pat Pak, rice and vegetables.
It is still realy hot but I think I am beginning to get used to it which is really good, you just have to kind of accept that you get really sweaty after 5 mins of doing anything!!!
Will try and post some nice photos soon.
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First day

Hello,

I have just had my first day at CCD. I have been put in the day care centre at Baan Fung Fah which is the orphanage for children age 0 - 7. Today I was just getting a feel for what went on. I helped out in the sensory room which was really good fun. We were meant to go to Bangkok this afternoon to start our language course, but we weren't able to because of the red shirts protesting. But don't worry we are not really affected by them, we've just not to wear red, yellow or pink shirts.And not to go into Bangkok unnecessarily. Rachel (who is in charge of the volunteers) taught us a wee bit of Thai instead this afternoon, I can now count up to ten and say hello and thank you, and I should be able to remember how to say I'm hungry, that was lovely, you're beautiful and what I like, what my name is but I've kind of forgotten a lot of it already.Tonight we went out for a buffet tea at an outside place where you cook your own food over a cooker thing. Tomorrow we're going to a wee island on the river to see the markets there and also maybe see James and Rachel.

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Arrived

Hello everyone,

Just a quickee to let you know that we have arrived safely in Thailand.

I am currently sitting in the ONE air conditioned room in the house and we've still got four fans in the room, it is so so so so hot!!!

Tomorrow we're going to Rainbow house for their celebrations of the water festival which envolves basically throwing water over each other, so am really looking forward to getting wet!

Will speak again soon

Love

Rachel xxxxxxxx

Address

Here is my address for while I'm in Thailand.

Oasis Team
CCD
PO Box 47
Pakkred
Nonthaburi 11120
Thailand

Post training

Our Thailand team

Hello,
This is a picture from training in London. It's a photo of everyone who is doing a GAP year (Bangladesh, India, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Thailand).
At training we did various activities and talks which are to help us cope while we are overseas whilst also bonding as a team. Our Thailand team, get on really well. There are 4 girls in my team (me, Kara, Ali, Ana) and we get on really well which is fantastic. We've had many laughs this past week at training. Its now only a week until we leave for Thailand (6th April).

Preparations cont.

hello
Getting ready to leave now, one month to go. I'm leaving on 6th April.
We've had loads of information about just exactly what we're going to be doing while we are there, it all sounds very exciting. Can't wait to get out there although also really quite nervous about what to expect. I'm away to London for a training week in the middle to end March so that will be literally the final preparations and meeting some people who were out there until just recently. I think we are very lucky in that there is a girl from oasis who is staying out there for another 2months on top of what she's already done which means she wil be there when we are so she'll be able to show us round and help us out. Give you an update after training.
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