Thailand!

So we made it to Thailand!!! For the past few days we have been settling into our house and getting aquianted with our town, Surin which is a town in the east of Thailand. It's been amazing so far. There are eight of us here to volunteer. One other American and the rest from the UK. Everyone is really cool. We share a house and each have our own room! We have been learning Thai because most people here don't speak English. In fact, we are some of the only Westerners here. Surin is known for the elephants that live here. At night, you see elephants on the streets, transporting people around.
This week, we are learning all about Thai culture and then we begin our volunteer work. Jess and I will be working on a organic farming project at a temple that provides food for the monks and children there. It's going to be interesting because we will be working alongside the monks, but there are all sorts of rules about how we interact because we are women. For example, if even just one of our hairs touches a monk, they have to lock themselves in a room for three days and three nights with no food to purify themselves. I think Id feel pretty bad if I sent a monk into solitary confinement!
The food here is amazing! The people who live next to us run a noodle shop at night and it's so good! We've been testing out all our favorites and of course they're even better here...pad Thai, red curry, Thai iced tea!! Today, we are learning Thai cooking.

We are working on finding a computer so that we can put more pictures up!!!

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