Finally Here - Blogabond

I made it! It was quite the trip, but I'm finally here. I left CT early last Sunday, drove to New York, flew 13 hours to Tokyo, then 6 more to Bangkok. I spent a night in Bangkok then flew to Chiang Mai the next morning. I was greeted at the airport by Jason's friend, Rob, who I thought I would be spending the night with. However, I was also greeted by Jip, a Rustic worker who quickly grabbed me, put me on the back of her motorbike and told me we had 20 minutes to get me to the bus station. The new plan was for me to jump on a bus, ride several more hours and meet up with Jason, who was scouting out hill tribes. So, that's what happened.

The whole trip was so crazy. I had no idea where I was, what was going on, or what was about to happen. All I knew was I was half way across the world from where I'd started and when I stepped off the bus, Jason was going to be there. How exciting!

After a quick dinner at the bus station, I got on a bike that Jason had borrowed from the hill tribe. Needless to say, it was questionable whether or not we were going to be making back out the tribe on the bike. Luckily, it did have a headlight. We made our way down a dirt road, heading out into the middle of no where. The fact that the bike had no power and we almost died at the top of every hill just added to the excitement as I was nearly almost thrown off the back of the bike every time Jason downshifted. Having a large pack on my back obviously didn't help with that.

We arrived at the village in about 30 minutes and I was introduced to hill tribe life! Since then, we have been scouting more villages and figuring out what service projects we can do to help them out.

It's been amazing already! More to come in a few days when we head to the islands..........

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brookejason on June 13, 2009 from Chiang Mai, Thailand

from the travel blog: Thailand 2009

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