Dec 27, 2011

Every Christmas, Manat and Stephen throw a Christmas party for Forgotten. This year, the women cooked kanom jeen, fish and rice noodles with a sour sauce, while the rest of the people played games in the street.                       One and three legged races, wheelbarrow races, and a variety of other...

Dec 25, 2011

Emily, Jon, and I arrived in Forgotten land last night after a long bus ride and being jostled in the truck for 3 hours. We got to wake up to the sound of roosters and children with the view of a beautiful mosquito net this morning (Manat says this town has the most malaria in all of Thailand. Thanks for making us feel welcome). We’re here! The 5 little...

Dec 21, 2011

Hey guys, I just wanted to put some pics up of my last trip out! Sorry that the quality of them isn’t great.. I was visiting my dad in Bangkok before I headed out to Forgotten and unfortunately left my good camera at home in Chiang Mai.. I therefore had to use my iPhone 3GS… Yeah, the second model of iPhone that Apple put out that still...

Dec 1, 2011

Hey guys, I just wanted to let you all know that I am back out at Forgotten again! It feels great to be here and in good health! It seems like it has been quite some time since I felt really healthy, and so far on this trip I have had no problems at all (aside from sleeping on the hard wood floor b/c I forgot my sleeping mat!!!) I expect that I will come down...