Day 7 – Final Day of Building! Today was a bittersweet day as we were so excited to be done with the house, but at the same time, none of us (especially me!) wanted this trip to end. Everything has been so much fun here and working on the house has been so amazing, it was very sad to see it all end. However, dedicating the house to the homeowners was emotional and exciting. We spent the entire day just mixing mortar and putting in the final bricks. So ou...

Day 5: Wow, after 2 days off, I kind of almost forgot what I originally came to Thailand for. Juuuuust kidding, of course I remembered why I was here, but it was a little rough getting back to the worksite after having two days off. And today was especially hard because it was just straight up like 6 hours of mixing concrete to do the floors. Which we totally got done. And what a relief. Because that is just shoveling and hauling gravel, dirt, and cement bags, an...

Our second day off involved going to a National park, doing a lot of hiking and seeing a few waterfalls. We also got to spend some time at two temples. It was all very beautiful, We also went to the tallest point in ALL of Thailand! And it was COLD up there! It was an exhausting day. And it would have been even more fun for me if I hadnt been eaten alive by bugs. I seriously have so many bug bites, it is too many to count. I must say I am very excited to leave th...

So, today, as I was riding my elephant and looking into the beautiful hills of Thailand.....wait, what?! Riding an elephant? Yea, today was one of those days, where I actually had to pause and think to myself, 'oh my goodness, this is actually happening.' Once again, thanks to Melini, we had quite the day planned today because as I mentioned before, nobody works today or tomorrow, so we had some time to do some legit Thailand stuff. The day started with a long...

Our contact Melini has taken us to some crazy fabulous places for our dinners. And I gotta admit something to ya, we have been pretty much treated like Royalty at these places. She picks these places that there is no way we would have been able to find on our own, and since most of the people do not speak English, she orders our food ahead of time and it is usually there right when we arrive at the restaurant. Now, I know you are just DYING to hear about my cooki...