Cuck-a-doodle doo squawks the rooster in the early morning announcing its presence to the world along with that of the rising sun. It proceeds by checking its surroundings in quick sudden rotations of the neck. Once ensuring no threats lie hidden in......Read More
Hello Mekong followers 🙂 I just received a few snaps of the student group from their currently location in Laos. The team have temporarily left their island homestay and are completing their mid-course review. It’s hard to believe that they......Read More
For a short period of time I worked as an assistant teacher in a Montessori school, the same school that I went to as a child. I was working with kindergarten kids, children from four to six years old. Everyday was a little adventure, somehow they......Read More
I look out the window of my homestay house to see a dog lazily lying on an ox cart asleep. The sun is starting to set so he has perfectly positioned himself be to within a light beam created by a tree, warming himself with the rays. The sound of......Read More
During this week we have met as a group with several interesting and important figures in this village. The first being the Catholic priest who travels to the town for Sunday services and then goes back to his home in Thailand during the week. When......Read More
Sometimes, I wake up and I’m on an island in the Mekong River. The night before, I saw a shooting star for the first time, And fell in love with a glittering Thai sky. Sometimes, I wake up and I’m lying under a mosquito net, A film of......Read More
As we have travel up the Mekong, a major focus for me has been free speech and an individual person’s power. I have been exploring individual’s rights to free speech, freedom of information, and education about their place in the world......Read More
Sunset swimming in Ban Dohn Don – photos by Joelle...Read More
Here are some photos taken by instructor Guy – students swimming in the Mekong River!...Read More
Here are some photos of students meeting their host families in Ban Dohn Don, Laos!...Read More
Here are some photos of students meeting their host families in Ban Dohn Don, Laos!...Read More
Dear friends and families, After crossing the border from Thailand at Nakhon Phanom, we have arrived in our Lao homestay on the island of Ban Dohn Don in the middle of the Mekong River (between Thailand and Laos). We are thrilled to be here and plan......Read More
Hi all! Just an update to let friends & families know that the group has arrived safely in the Thai city of Nakhon Phanom. Tomorrow we will cross the border into Laos and begin our homestay on the island of Ban Dohn Don....Read More
