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During May 6th to May 11th we went to Ban Thaton, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. This part of Thailand is very different from other places in Thailand because there weren’t much Tourist Attractions and there weren’t as many things we can do outside of the resort. We stayed at a resort called Maekok River Village Resort.  This trip was an experience to know more about other cultures, and it was varied in nature. There was also a trip to Beijing, but not many people went there. There were some important rules that we had to remember throughout the trip. We weren’t allowed to touch or pass an object over the head of a Thai and when we greet people we had to put both hands together with fingertips somewhere between the chest and forehead, and give a slight bow when saying “Sawatdee Kaa” (Hello).

Everyday we had the same routine, we would wake up at 6:30am then eat breakfast at 7:10am. Then at 8:30am we would meet at the gym where the whole grade goes together and the teachers would announce some information. Then after, we had our first activity of the day. At 12:00pm, we had our lunch and at 1:30pm we had our second activity. Then we had our break time at 4:30 and dinner at 6:00pm then night games for an hour. Every night we needed to be at our room by 9:00pm and lights off by 10:00pm.

The first day of the trip we arrived at around 5:00pm at the resort and we settled down and started talking about what would happen around. There were 3 student villas and there were around 6 people in each room. Throughout the whole trip, there were 8 activities, 2 per day. The first activity of the second day was Market & Thai Cooking Class. We made mixed vegetables and green curry with chicken, which tasted so good. We bought our ingredients in the market. The market in Chiang Mai compared to the markets in Hong Kong were very different, what they sold was very different and the place was very different. The second activity of the day was Rock Climbing. At the beginning, I was very scared and nervous but later on when I was on the wall, I actually liked it, but it was very tiring and challenging.

The third day after breakfast, our first activity was Kayaking. Kayaking was very fun because I’ve never done it before and we had to challenge ourselves by flipping the boat around and stand on top of it and try to paddle while standing which was very hard to do. After lunch our next activity was Jungle Survival, even the name of that already makes me scared. It makes me scared because you have to do everything by yourself, you need to make your own shelter, food equipment and fire. Overall, that day was fun.

The fourth day was a very tiring day, we had to go to a school near the resort and plan activities with the students there and we also had a hill tribe hike. It was very fun and interesting playing games with the kids there. We played parachute, soccer, paper planes and splat. I really liked these kids, they were very cute and very enthusiastic. After visiting the school we also had a hill tribe hike, which was very hot and tiring, but it was worth it because we got to see a village that was very different from the Hong Kong culture. The houses were made our of wood and most of the kids had to take a shower at their lake. Throughout the hike we went to the hill tribe village and we visited the temple, which was very interesting.

The fifth day was kind of fun and kind of not fun. The fun part was learning how to build bricks, which was not what I expected and it was very different from what I thought would look like. My group made 17 bricks and we were so close to being the bricksters but the other group beat us by 1. The not kind of fun part was the confidence course because it was scary. I thought it was very hard to pass the course because I can’t go through pain and I’m not strong. There are 4 parts of the course in total and I could only pass the first part, which was upsetting.

The last day, we had the Mini Olympics. We racing other people in other groups. I didn’t really like this activity because I thought it was kind of boring until we had to pretend like we were chickens and we had to give birth to an egg. I think everyone did great because they were all funny.

Through out this trip, I think I was a risk taker because I didn’t want to do the confidence course but I still tried and tried but I still didn’t pass the whole course. I was also a risk taker because I wanted to give up in the middle of climbing up the wall because I was scared to fall, but then I still climbed up the wall and I thank my friends for encouraging me to climb higher and higher. I was also open minded because I always try to do something new. For example, trying different ways to climb up the wall and trying to do things differently, such as trying Thai curry.

Overall this trip was the best trip I ever had with my friends from school. I got to make new friends and do things I’ve never done before. Now, I know how lucky I am and know how those little kids live and I will appreciate what I have.

For some reasons people can’t comment on my post, but they sent me there comments. So here they are:

Overall, I liked how you included your thoughts and examples to make your point clear. Awesome

Kristy 7F

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