Sunday, May 25, 2008

Cambodia & Thailand Trip

I'm back from Cambodia! The trip was amazing. I don't know where to start. We spent most of our time working with orphans from three different orphanages. One of the orphanages was in a village with no electricity or running water, when we worked there, we lived with the kids and learned to take bucket showers and sleep on the tile floor. It was a cool experience. However, my favorite kid was at a government orphanage in Battambang. He was named Lyda and was 1 1/2 years old. Sadly, he had hepatitis B and was a little sickly. I visited him many times and by the time I left, he was sad to see me go. (I have pics if anyone wants to see them.)
A cool thing about Cambodia was our transportation was mottos which are a cross between a motorcycle and a vespa. They were so much fun to ride. We also rode tuktuks, but I liked the mottos more. They were awesome.
Another thing we did was clean an AIDS hospital. I'll leave it at that. I would never go there again. It was my least favorite part of the trip.
After the missions part of the trip, we went to Thailand for a few days before flying home. There is a mall in Bangkok that is amazing! It is full of designer clothing stores and car dealerships (nice cars like mazaratti and porsche). In the bottom was an aquarium (the biggest in southeast asia) which had sharks. You could rent glass bottom boats to go boating in the aquarium or you could scuba dive. Unfortunately, we couldn't afford to go. In the top of the mall, there was a movie theatre which showed western movies. The seats were leather recliners, and the people massaged you and fed you during the movie. (With GTC rules about movies, there wasn't anything we were allowed to see, but it looked awesome!)
Well, I have tons of stories about different things that happened, so talk to me if you want to hear more! :P