Our Thailand blog. We managed to do lots of things in Thailand see all the sights and God knows how many temples and Buddhas. Some of the most memoriable stuff we did included, taking a day trip to Thailands old capital where we saw lots of Ruins and had great fun cycling around. Laura even got to ride a motorbike. We took a cycle tour around the local/dirt poor communities of Bangkok, looking at how they lived and worked in sweat shops, and also went cycling...

This is a pic of Kate being a witch in Salem (taken at the train stn when we left) for our friend Emilie. So our last week in Salem with the nuns went by very quickly and we were able to do lots of fun things with the kids coz we bought some arts supplies in Ooty. For example, we bought some colouring books and felt tips so they had fun colouring in pictures or just colouring in each other. We also bought some stamp pads and made some stamps out of a random ...

Just a quick update on everything that we did when we went and visited the tip of India, apparantly a must pilgrimage for all Indians although for us it had lost its charm by all the tourism.We travelled down from Madurai on an overnight train but had no seat reservations so Laura spent the night curled up in the corridor trying to sleep with the cockroaches by the toilet, Kate managed to wangle her way onto the floor between beds, until about 5:30 in the mo...

We also wrote another poem for own our amusement, but if you havn't read the first one we recommend you do before you read this one. Also if you are a nun please look away now. The children we meet, Don't have shoes on their feet, But they will steal our MP3 player. Your bracelets they will sell, To put flip flops on themselves, With initiative like that they might make Mayor. They will steal your Mum's ring, To wear as their Bling, And put it on their...

For part of Kates Birthday card Laura wrote some poems, one of them she expanded (with the help of Kate) so we can write it for the nuns when we leave in their volunteering book. Here it is:The children we meet,Don't have shoes on their feet,But they always wear a smile.They take care of each other,Even though some don't have mothers,And come to the centre from miles. They are here to have fun,And say, "Aunty come!",In a place that is full ...