Welcome to my Blog!

Hi everyone! Welcome to my first ever blog site! I will do my best to keep you updated on my travels this summer in Thailand. I leave in two days (May 27) and arrive in Bangkok on the 28th, and I am so excited!

I will spend 2 months in Thailand. For six weeks of that, I will be volunteering through a program called OpenmindProjects, which offers many different types of volunteer opportunities in several countries throughout Southeast Asia. My sister Claire and I will be teaching English to elementary school students in a town called Krabi in South Thailand.

As I'm sure most of you know, the situation in Bangkok has been very unstable for the past two months, but I have been monitoring it closely, and the situation has improved significantly over the past week. Bangkokpost.com is a very helpful site for updates. I am confident that the situation will continue to improve, and I have been told by the volunteer coordinators that Krabi is perfectly safe.

Now onto packing... Stay tuned!