thailand blog

7/24/2015

We spent the morning at the Akha village preparing a garden & washing walls to paint a mural on it. We're helping them make a garden for the little kids to grow veggies. We flipped old bike tires inside out because they are using them for the garden. It's kinda hard to explain but they are going to lay the tires down & plant inside the circles. Cute idea! Then a sweet lady at the village fed us lunch. They've been feeding us a lot lately. Haha it's great! Then we left for Chiang Mai around 2:00. Everybody went in a van but Abby & I left a little earlier on the bus because it takes longer. It was quite the adventure. NO ONE IN FANG SPEAKS ENGLISH, or very little of it. The ladies at the bus station were just laughing at us, it was actually really frustrating & rude but they didn't know what else to do I guess. Finally we called Russ to talk to them on the phone & explain what & where we needed to go. I like the bus better cause it's more airy & it's cheaper! 3 hours later we got to Chiang Mai & ate at a Japanese buffet. So bomb. The freshest sushi ever. Then... I had a life changing experience. A couple of us got a Thai massage. It was literally life changing. They really go all in, using their whole bodies to stretch & massage ours. It was seriously the best service & only 8 bucks for an hour. Tea & cookies included.