Come With Nothing Staff Training

So, Brooke made it to Thailand and we have spent the last week together scouting villages to use for the Come With Nothing trip. We took off into the mountains with 10 American staff and 10 local staff to look for good villages to help this year. We also used the time to train the new staff on how to run the trip. We have some really great guides this year and I am really excited about the trips.

The villages that we found this year are going to be really good. It looks like we are going to be be building a lot of water tanks for villages this year. A lot of villages don't have enough water in the dry season and need big tanks to store water. We even went to one village that had water tanks, but they were lower on the mountain than most of the houses, so all the houses that were higher up didn't get running water. Hopefully we can help to give all of the houses in the villages we go to running water this year.

Tomorrow, I will make a plan about which villages to go to and make the final adjustments to the Come With Nothing trip, and then Brooke and I will head down to the south of Thailand. We are leading the Island Hopping and Diving trip with one of my best friends, Bay. We will be diving on Koh Phi Phi, rock climbing in Krabi and sea kayaking in Pha Nga bay and Koh Samui. More to come from those adventures soon....

Jason

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brookejason on June 16, 2009 from Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Hi, Brooke & Jason-
I can read your blogs but can't print them out, except for the first page. I will try to switch to hi-speed and try again. Very interesting. Sounds like you need some plumbers, not divers and kayakers.
Do be careful. Our thoughts are with you.

Grandma D. and 'Pa

written by Dorothy Ives on June 21, 2009

You're right......a plumber would be great. Perhaps Grandpa should come to Thailand and put his skills to use!

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brookejason on June 21, 2009

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