Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

And so it begins... As per all good plans we are now headed in a completely new direction- Asia! Don't worry, Europe is still in the cards for the near future. We are so excited to at the opportunity that has come our way. We have been offered the chance to move to Thailand and work along side an amazing ministry called Connect3e which works with the Burmese Karen people that have been displaced from Burma. Please check out the website www.connect3e.org

We will be based in Prachuap Khiri Khan which is about 281 kms south of Bangkok. In 2004, I (Chantelle) visited a forbidden kingdom known as Burma or Myanmar. It is a deeply oppressed nation that has been cut off from the western world. Since WW11 the karen people have been experiencing genocide from the Burmese militants. Many escape to the Thai jungles where they have nothing but the clothes on their backs. They can't return to their homeland but have nothing to start a new life with in Thailand either. I was deeply moved by my experience there and am completely touched to finally be working alongside these amazing people.
So we are currently in the throws of orgainising, in our own completely disorganised way, visas, plane fares, and raising funds so that we can start out on our adventure..
khaila and I mutually decided that we should be smart travellers and learn a few phrases in the Thai language before we start out. We can now officially ask where the toilet is? and, if we are eating dog?
Until later..