Chiang Mai Activity Reviews
Millions of tourist flock to Thailand every year to see everything the country has to offer. Exquisite food, stunning natural beauty, ornate temples, and kind smiles are just a few of the things that greet you when you travel to Thailand. While this may be enough for some people, others yearn for a more personal experience when they travel. Volunteering in Thailand gives participants and unique way to experience the culture of Thailand first hand in a way that tourist often miss out on.<br />
Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #182
Presenting our 182nd Group of International Volunteers and Interns in our Friends for Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand Projects. This group arrived on Friday, and started their projects this past Monday. This group is 16 volunteers, from the USA, Denmark, Mexico, Austria, UK, and Germany. Angela participated in our Bangkok projects for a few weeks before making her way up to Chiang Mai to participate in our Chiang Mai projects too. Everyone is in their first week of their placements, and just a few days in their projects. Now that things are settling down after our busy summer, we are starting to post these new group photos a little faster.<br />
Bangkok Volunteer Group #17
Presenting our Friends for Asia, Bangkok, Thailand Volunteer Group #17. This group is of eight volunteers from Australia, Spain, UK, Austria and the USA. Carl (also known as "Noot" - spelling?) also participated in our projects in Chiang Mai, after his first day in Bangkok before... Long story. This group arrived last Friday, and began their projects on Monday, after orientation on Saturday and Sunday. The drama of one of Bangkok's darker weeks in its history has hopefully not overshadowed their amazing work, projects and experiences. Thank you guys for your time, effort, flexibility and participation in our projects!<br />
PRAY FOR BANGKOK
“Pray for Bangkok” has emerged as the slogan for how the people of Thailand are working through their grief after a bomb exploded in Bangkok’s central business district on the evening of Monday, the 17th of August, 2015. Whether it is Bangkok, Bali, Oslo or Boston, these acts show that no corner of the world is immune to horrific acts of violence.<br />
Chiang Mai Thailand Volunteer Group #181
Presenting our Chiang Mai Thailand Volunteer Group #181. The group arrived on Friday, the 31st of July, went through our two day orientation on Saturday and Sunday (which consists of Thai language lessons, Cultural Do's and Don'ts, a half day city tour, Cultural Show and Dinner and tour of Chiang Mai's largest fresh market with our volunteer and intern coordinating staff. This is quite the group, and they had a great time during the two days, and began their projects on Monday, the 3rd of August. A group of 11 volunteers total, but with a lot of different nationalities represented: Mexico, United States, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia, Canada, and our first ever volunteer from Lithuania!<br />
Bangkok Thailand Volunteer Group #16
Presenting our Bangkok Thailand Volunteer Group #16. You may notice some of the faces in the photos here from our previous Chiang Mai groups. Participating in both of our project locations (Bangkok and Chiang Mai) is becoming more and more popular amongst our volunteers and interns and two of the volunteers in this group participated in our Chiang Mai projects previously. <br />
Chiang Mai Thailand Volunteer Group #180
Presenting Chiang Mai Volunteer Group #180! This group arrived and began their projects in mid-July. It's been such a busy summer, we are just now getting around to posting some of these great group photos. This group had 14 volunteers and interns from Ireland, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and the United States. Most of the volunteers in this group participated for only two weeks, with a few for a little longer. As you can see from the photos here, most of the volunteers and interns are students on summer break from college/university, with a few from different walks of life.<br />
Bangkok Thailand Volunteer Group #15
Presenting our Friends for Asia Bangkok Volunteer and Intern Group #15. Although this group is of only ten new volunteers and interns, we have a mix of different nationalities represented - 5 Americans, 2 Canadians, 1 Spaniard, 1 Swiss, and 1 Russian. This group is a few weeks into the projects already, and having a good experience, and enjoying the sights, sounds and excitement of Bangkok! <br />
Chiang Mai Thailand Volunteer Group #179
Introducing a small group of our Special Summer Group Volunteers!<br />
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