My great buddy Seamon introduced me to this blog as a way to document my experience with the Bahn Ruam Jai Project. Let me just highlight a couple of things that have happened here in the past weeks.
I arrived in Bangkok and then took a plane out to Chiang Mai. This was the cheaper route by about $300. I stayed with one of my newfound friends in Bangkok (newfound in the sense that I had volunteered to host him at Stanford during his exchange program and then it just so happens that he lived in Bangkok and offered me a place to stay when I arrived).
Anyhow, I'm in Chiang Mai right now (which is north of Bangkok by the Myanmar/Burma border). For various reasons I'm not staying at the Bahn Ruam Jai Project site. But they did arrange for me to stay at the Mountain View Guest House which belongs to a friend of theirs. The place doesn't look anything like the Mountain View we all know but I really do like it here. I have a whole room to myself with a shower, toilet, sink, A/C (thank god) and an extra bed (so if you guys are ever in Chiang Mai this summer, give me a ring 084-456-6291. You've got yourself a place to stay :) )!
OKAY briefly in regards to business. I continue to love what I am doing here. During the week days when the kids are at school, I don't get to interact with them much but around 4 in the afternoon when they come back to the site, I get to play with them and quite frankly that beats writing proposals or editing project reports any day :). These kids are all so lovable. They are polite in both their manners and speech and they are so loyal to one another. Kind of rare to see this back home isn't it :o. I'll post again in a few minutes pertaining to specific days. Thanks for keeping in touch with me guys. Below is a picture of the site and some of the kids. There's more to come.
1 comment:
WOW! it's so cool to see someone who has been at Bahn Ruam Jai. My family has had strong ties with Seewiggaa and the whole project for around 15 years.
What did you do there?
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