Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Chiang Mai: School of Life Volunteer Project

Emma Willard School in Thailand Day 6 - School of Life - Final night in Chiang Mai"Our first day of community service would never top our elephant/rafting/waterfall experience," I thought to myself as we left the hotel. The ride there was about an hour long and my expectations of a Thai orphanage were far from what we were all about to… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Chiang Mai Take Two: Elephant Trek and Rafting Adventure

Emma Willard School in ThailandDay 5 - Elephants, Hiking to Hill Tribes, Waterfall Lunch & Bamboo River Rafting        The past few days have been fun, but today was by far the most exciting. We woke up at 7am and enjoyed breakfast at the hotel as one should before any big adventure. For transportation today, we headed out in three… [Read Full Article]

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Adventures in Chiang Mai

Emma Willard School in ThailandDay 4 - First Day in Chiang Mai New FriendsAs everyone awoke and looked out the blue curtain of their small but relatively comfortable train bunk, you could see the excitement in everyone's faces to finally arrive in Chiang Mai. This happiness was then quickly shot down by the fact that we still had 5 more hours… [Read Full Article]

Friday, March 09th, 2012

The Grand Palace and a Last Glimpse of Bangkok

Emma Willard School in ThailandDay Three- The Grand PalaceToday we rose early and packed up our things in preparation of our departure of Bangkok. After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, we hopped on the bus for a quick ride to the Grand Palace. On the way, we drove through parts of Chinatown and the flower market. Upon our arrival, we… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, March 08th, 2012

Tigers and Elephants and Snakes! Oh My!

Emma Willard School in ThailandDay Two - Floating Market & Tiger TempleToday our eager Emma girls rose early to travel to the highly anticipated Tiger Temple. We had to get up very early in order to beat the traffic jams which are very common in Bangkok. Before arriving at the temple however, we took an exciting visit to the floating… [Read Full Article]