Aloha friends and family,
We're the team of eight girls and our leader, Jacque, who are passionate about stopping human trafficking. We've traveled from Tajikistan, Canada, and the United States and gathered together in Kona, Hawaii where we accomplished our lecture phase of the Justice DTS. For our outreach phase we decided to journey to Thailand to help stop this injustice.
This past Monday morning, at 5 a.m., we left Kona and began our travels. From Kona, we flew into Honolulu, Tokyo, Taipei, and then our destination, Bangkok, Thailand. Between these layovers, we traveled for 28 hours! Our plane ride was an adventure. We flew with China Airlines which was a two story plane, movies, and four meals!
When we arrived in Bangkok at 1 a.m. on December 15 (note the time change!) we were greeted by Max, a Thai man from The Nancy Ross Training Center. He drove us to the center in a song taew, and it was quite the ride! Drivers are pretty agressive in the city!
Sawadee kha! (Goodbye!)
-Catherine Willis
This past Monday morning, at 5 a.m., we left Kona and began our travels. From Kona, we flew into Honolulu, Tokyo, Taipei, and then our destination, Bangkok, Thailand. Between these layovers, we traveled for 28 hours! Our plane ride was an adventure. We flew with China Airlines which was a two story plane, movies, and four meals!
When we arrived in Bangkok at 1 a.m. on December 15 (note the time change!) we were greeted by Max, a Thai man from The Nancy Ross Training Center. He drove us to the center in a song taew, and it was quite the ride! Drivers are pretty agressive in the city!
After a short night of sleep, we had an orientation where we learned about the Thai culture and we also toured the suburbs of Bangkok. We ate a traditional thai meal with thai tea at a local restaurant called the Turtle Bakery. There were so many markets and street vendors around the city!
Tomorrow evening we're headed to Chiang Mai to stay at the Abba House to spend a month helping the organization.
Sawadee kha! (Goodbye!)
-Catherine Willis
