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October 03, 2005
Child's Dream
So far, so good with respect to working with Child’s Dream—the NGO that was a big part of my motivation for this trip. After a week of getting to know my new colleagues/friends Marc and Daniel (founders), Heidi, Tai, and Pam things are going really smoothly. Specifically, I’ve been able to actively and positively contribute something (which is really important to me), we all get along well enough, and everyone has helped me keep a varied diet for lunch. (Bad joke: I've had the same damn thing for six days in a row.) The team is also highly motivated and focused yet easy going and relaxed. Six/eight weeks are probably not going to be enough.
For the most part, we get about town on mopeds (first choice), tuktuks (second choice amonsts us volunteers) and as a last resort CD’s 1970 VW Bus. While taking pictures of the flooding near the office Tai, Heidi and I met on the road.
Helmets are madatory and if you are caught without one (as a Westerner) you are subject to a 'fine'. TBT500 seems about middle of the road (pun...ha ha) but if you know a bit of Thai then TBT100 would be reasonable. If you an arrogant prick (E.g.: injure teh cop's face) about it all, then you could expect TBT1000 or even a trip to jail.
Posted by stu at October 3, 2005 02:50 PM