I love markets. We have seen a big resurgence of farmer’s markets here in Washington DC and I love walking up the street to my neighborhood market on Saturday mornings. There is something special about the way a market creates a safe space for both neighbors and strangers to interact. One of my favorite parts of traveling is visiting markets around the world – and the markets of Thailand did …
This past summer Dave and I traveled to Thailand to crate a short film for aoneeight about Breakthrough Thailand, an organization working with teen girls and their families to strengthen families, create economic opportunities, keep kids in school, and cut off Bangkok’s sex industry at its source. Cori and Jub, the Co-Directors of Breakthrough Thailand are doing some incredible work in their village and we enjoyed getting a front row …
We got a great nights sleep after our first day in Chiang Mai and woke up to a huge breakfast delivered to our door. We always love complimentary room service. We signed up to visit an elephant park where we were told we would learn to ride elephants bareback and then wash our elephant in the river. We didn’t realize that we had signed up for a full day of other …
We had such a lovely time in Chiang Mai. At the end of this day I looked at Dave and said “this may rank as one of my favorite days of my life yet.” I don’t know exactly what it was, but the people just seem to make you feel at home in their city. We took an all night bus from the village in Khon Kaen to Chiang Mai …
Dave and I are back in DC after a week away and trying to settle back into Monday morning routines. Dave spent the last week in Guyana filming a medical mission and I was in New Jersey and South Carolina visiting friends and family. (I need to get to Nashville next Kelli!) Do you remember our post last week about running around in rice paddies? Well, after popping in on …
As we’ve talked about before, Dave and I spent some time in Thailand this past summer filming for a short film we are making about Breakthrough Thailand. One day while we were spending time with Cori, Jub, and the girls in a rural village, they took us to meet their neighbors who were harvesting rice. Their neighbors were incredibly kind and let Dave and I run around in their rice …
Dave and I had an incredible time in Thailand this summer. We absolutely loved the country, the people, and the food, and we have decided that we need to take another trip to see southern Thailand. One of the things on my list to see in Thailand was a floating market. After doing some research on floating markets, it seemed that the famous market I was picturing from the old …
Dave and I spent a couple of weeks in Thailand this summer shooting a short film for aoneeight about The Well and Breakthrough. We can’t wait to show you the film, but while we are in the editing phase, I thought you might enjoy a few behind the scenes photos. Everyone at The Well and Breakthrough went out of their way to make sure we felt welcome and we couldn’t have had …