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  • Polly's story

    November 9, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 849 views - 0 comments - 3 likes
    Volunteer  Polly Whitehurst shares her story about the time she and her newfound friend Erin were volunteering on the island of Koh Lanta, in southern Thailand. After just two weeks they learned that where your heart is, there's your home.   ...

  • Pai's Trainee Story

    November 8, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 4,532 views - 1 comment - 4 likes
    Pai's Trainee Story   Hi everyone!   This is my story:   My name is Pai and I am 21 years old. I come from a small village in Ban Hat Khui, Meung Tapabat Kweang Bolikhanxay. It is in Laos. My parents are farmers. I have two sisters ...

  • ECOTOURISM EXPERIENCE AT KUIBURI NATIONAL PARK

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 539 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    ECOTOURISM EXPERIENCE ATKUIBURINATIONAL PARK By volunteer Anne Ferreira     Kuiburi is about 300 km away from Bangkok and only 80 km from Hua Hin. It is located in Prachuap Kiri Khan province.   The park has a rich and invalua...

  • Teaching in Ban Tha Din Dang School, south of Thailand

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 559 views - 0 comments - 3 likes
    Ban Tha Din Dang School, Phang-Nga, Thailand   The Country When I was a child growing up in the rolling mountains of Vermont, I loved to explore the forests, streams, and fields around my house. I thrived on that feeling of adventure, on the ide...

  • Homestay village

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 437 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Khampia - Roisin Sunday I was first up. I purchased a cheap pair of runners and being unable to track down a disposable camera (well there was none visible in the 7/11) I headed to the BawKawSaw (bus station) in Nong Khai to catch a bus in th...

  • Temples, Waterfalls and Mountain – a day out with openmind

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 466 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    By Rosie: The trip started at six am with the usual confusion over arrangements and times, but by the time the sun was up we’d all made it onto the bus which Kab’s village had organized to take us to Phu Tok, Jet Sii waterfall and the very ...

  • Orphan school

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 580 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    By Harry Hayden from the US'.I had a very rewarding stay at Rajaprajanugrah35 orphan school. Muidrove me to the school on Sunday afternoon. Teaching and spending timeat an orphan school is an accomplishment I longed for since my initialvisit to Thailand...

  • Jim Brown's Perspective on Temple Teaching

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 460 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Jim worked for weeks with the novices and monks at the temple in NongKhai. Below you will find his interpretation of his stay and volunteer experiences. When I came across the name of a school at a Buddhist temple in the list of teaching opportunit...

  • Thailand volunteer - Teach English on a Muslim island in Thailand

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 587 views - 1 comment - 0 likes
    Teach English on a Muslim island in Thailand. By Tom Richardson,For anyone looking to escape the constant noise and stress of an urban western life style then Koh Klang may in fact be heaven. The island is broken down into three separate areas, which i...

  • Thailand volunteer - Teach English in Thailand at a Temple school

    September 30, 2011 - posted by OpenmindProjects - 470 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Thailand volunteer - Teach English in Thailand at a Temple school   By Tom Richardson Teaching at the temple school was nothing like I even remotely imagined, from the monks to temple everything was a surprise. All temple schools are non-fee p...