Nutrition Project

Oh my God, the time has passed sooo quickly..! I can't believe that today's my last day at work here at the office of Andaman Discoveries in Kuraburi. I am so happy to have had the chance to come here, meet all those great people and see the amazing projects which really make a difference to so many people in the area. I have learned so much about community based tourism, volunteering and responsible tourism and still, at the same time, had the chance to contribute my part.


One of the projects I was working on, was writing and sending out a proposal to raise money for the children at the Burmese Learning Center to offer them one healthy meal per day, as at present their nutrition is very bad. I've visited the Learning Center twice and lost my heart immediately - those kids have hardly anything and are so grateful for having the chance to go to school. Also, they LOVE to have foreigners there to volunteer with them, so if anyone is interested in teaching some basic english to those children, please check out the infos on: http://www.andamandiscoveries.com/volunteering-thailand-burmese-story.php

So, now I am asking you kindly to spread around and donate whatever you can for those children - it really means a lot to me!!!!

To read more about it, here is the link for the proposal:

http://www.andamandiscoveries.com/pdf/child-nutrition-project.pdf

For donations, please go to http://www.andamandiscoveries.com/reservations-payment.php and put in 'lunch' as reference.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Thai - American wedding and honeymoon

Last week, our boss Bodhi married his loveley fiance Tu and we were lucky to be able to join this happy celebration at the beautiful Greenview Resort just 10km south of Kuraburi.

It was really the perfect combination of a beautiful buddhist thai ceremony in the morning and a very touching american, conducted by Bodhis mother, in the evening. A bunch of amazing people from all over the world made the celebration a great one, lasting until the morning hours with lots of dancing, laughter and (re-)unions.

The week after the wedding, Bodhi had organized an amazing trip to serveral great spots in the surrounding area to show the beauty to his friends and family. I was very lucky (and still am very grateful) to be able to join this trip which turned out to be one highlight after the other, going from one paradise to the next. First we went to Ban Lion, where we learned about the Tsunami and the rehabilitation of the village, visited the beautiful Golden Buddha Beach and made our own tie dye. Then we spent 2 nights on floating bungalows at the amazing Cheow Lan Lake where it was perfect to explore the edge of the rainforest by kajak or just jump into the satin like water. The last 2 days we got to hang out on Railay Beach where midnight singing in a cave, a quite tricky rock climbing excursion and a jump of a rock was included in the program. Always, the weather, the food and the accomodation was fantastic and one or another party was going on in the evening...

I am very glad that I had the chance to meet all those amazing people who really made that trip an event I wont ever forget in my life.