Foreign Travel Blog
Leaving Vietnam
Luci--Phnom Penh was great. a few of us took a cooking class there and learned how to make Cambodian chicken sausage and amok. Miss Durkan, Kell, Andrew, Brian, and I had a great time making the food and then, of course, eating it. The food was amazing... [more]
Phnom Penh to Seoul
We have arrived in Seoul, South Korea and the kids are alternating between wandering throughout the airport terminal and passing out on cushioned lounge chairs. We are all exhausted and looking forward to the comforts of home. Phnom Penh is a bustling city and undergoing rapid reconstruction due to large investments from China and Japan... [more]
It's Almost Over....
Margi--Wow, the trip has gone by so quickly. The group is so impressive, showing strong leadership no matter what responsibility is handed to them. Truly a pleasure to travel with them. We had a great day yesterday. Really our first down day. We had breakfast at our usual time, then went to a regional park that had a loop hike where you walked the link of a series of 10 waterfalls... [more]
Los Coipos y Barba Rubia
From where I´m sitting at the school at Barba Rubia I can see our whole group playing fútbol in teams with the students from here. We are doing a day-long school exchange since we completed and celebrated our service project in Los Coipos, 4 km down the road... [more]
Its like a frozen cube of wet heat...
Sua s'dei ! Whew, it feels like a cool breeze on a Cayman Island beach. Or maybe one of those days when a nice cool Coca-Cola finds its way into your hands and the world seems to smoothly drive away into with a nice mountain breeze as headwind. Oh how sweet it is to ponder upon such things, when its pretty darn hot in these here parts of Southeast Asia... [more]
From Vietnam
Ms. Durkan--Cambodia is hot...but the people are incredibly kind and it seems everyone has the giggles. On our first day in Siem Reap, Steve and I got an hour long foot/body massage for $7. The women are beautiful and curious, happy to talk with us and quick to make playful jokes... [more]
From Thailand
Shelby--The group is here at Cosa doing our service project, and are all living in one big room together. It's a great thing everyone gets along so well because after 3 weeks with the same people, being with them literally 24/7 for 6 days can be rough... [more]
Working in Thailand
Margi--Hello all, We have been working at the Children's Organization of Southeast Asia for the last few days. (To learn more you should check out their website http://www.cosasia.org/). The group continues to be incredible. As one would think, it is quite hot and sticky here, but the group choose to work today instead of site seeing... [more]
Leaving Bhutan, on to Thailand
Margi--We arrived in Chiang Mai and at the COSA Center at about 10:30 last night. We were surprised to find out we were sleeping in a nice room all together. Two rustic bathrooms equipped with simple plumbing will allow us to shower. BUT we do have American style toilets... [more]
Thoughts from Vietnam
Allie Storie--The last thing I remember that was pretty super cool was the boat. I saw some jellies in the water...that wasn't too much fun. I got sunburned because I wanted to tan. It wasn't the best idea to go tanning without any sunscreen, but hey at least I'll be tan soon... [more]