I spent my last days in Thailand by tagging along for one day at the orphanage and going to another Muay Thai fight night. The day at the orphanage was pretty cool since I haven't been there yet. The orphanage provides shelter and education for around 250 kids. The area is filled with buildings where the kids sleep, play and learn. Greenway does a lot of awesome work over there by teaching English, doing constructing work and ofcourse give the kids lots of attent...

After the week at the Gibbons, it was time for my Muay Thai week. It's the sport that you can compare with football in Europe; everybody likes it, watches it or does it. During this week I would get a total of 9 trainings, 2 on each day except for wednesday on which I would have 1 training. I did the program accompanied by Lisa, Andrea (Ger), Karin (Swe) and Femke and Britt (Nld). On Monday, we gathered at 06:00 with bicycles to go to the gym where we would have...

Before I left Umphang to go to the Gibbon project, I still had a weekend in Umphang. Together with Lisa (German) and Steffie and Britt (both Dutch) I decided to nothing on Saturday and just relaxt. On Sunday we wanted to do some exploring in a cave and go back to the small waterfall, the one we visited on Wednesday, again to chill a bit. The cave started with big areas and became more narrow when we travelled further in the cave. It was pitch dark in the cave an...

Time flies when you're having fun, as I am experiencing right now in Thailand. Next Tuesday will be the day that completes 25% of my journey so far. It's wierd but I don't miss the Netherlands at all. This is such an amazing thing I am doing right now. On Sunday evening I was picked up from the Twin House in Singburi for a long trip to Umphang. Together with a Belgium family (2 parents and 4 kids from 8 and 10 years old), Fredrik (Sweden), Philipp & Selina (...

Last weekend I went to Chiang Mai with 11 other volunteers for the Lantern Festival called Loy Kratong. We left on Saturday evening around 22:00 and we were told that it would take us 10 hours to get there. We were told that the minivan was big and comfortable but I'm pretty sure that was for Thai standards. Luckily I had the best seat of the house which allowed me to stretch my legs alongside the chair in front of me and I had nobody next to me. The roads are h...