Just in case you missed it, here is the latest news piece on CBC’s The National that was put together to tell our story: (email subscribers: visit the blog directly to view the YouTube clip) We have now raised almost $12,500 towards cyclone relief in Burma! We couldn’t do it without our generous donors. If [...]
Well, we’ve had some crushing blows in the face of all the work we have done over this week, but also amazing victories in the face of it. After networking like mad in a country where we don’t speak the language and are tiptoeing around making any cultural faux pas with powerful business people, we [...]
It is hard to believe that we have been at this for seven days now. It truly feels like seven weeks. All we can do is remember that our hell is nothing in comparison to the hell that the Burmese victims continue to endure. For them, we persevere. We two Canadians seem to have become [...]
Although we didn’t personally meet with the Royal Thai Air Force today as hoped, we have received reports that they do not currently have permission to fly into Burma directly from Chiang Mai. They are in contact with their top people in Bangkok to attain permission. Failing that, we are looking at either flying the [...]
As the world back home in Canada wakes up to the beginning of a new week, we are winding down on a Monday night. We are very tired. Being all too aware that getting sleep and taking care of ourselves is very important, we are trying to make sure we are well rested and healthy. [...]
It has been a busy day, and tomorrow promises to be even busier with meetings with the Royal Thai Air Force and Chiang Mai Rotary club. The latest news is that Thailand is officially sending in internationally sourced aid where it is not necessarily getting into Burma through other channels. It appears we are on [...]
It has been a tiresome 24 hours since my last update here and our idea to deliver aid to the Burmese in whatever grassroots way we can. But progress seems to be happening, and in absolutely amazing ways. We have now established contact with the Chiang Mai Rotary Club, who in turn has contact with [...]
Hello everyone, I am taking a break from the stories I usually share of our travels to give you an update as to our activities. (Later posts updating our adventures in Bangkok and beyond will follow). We are currently in Chang Mai, which is located in Northern Thailand. Last week, a cyclone of epic proportions [...]
Note: pictures will follow in a future post. Posts throughout this section of the trip are delayed due to intermittent internet access and uploading pictures is not always possible. I sit at the edge of the bed, in tears. My head is pounding with the likes of a migraine that has not left me in [...]
I just found this article online, which hails Bangkok as the worst city in the world for traffic. So bad, in fact, that the police are trained in childbirth techniques, as hundreds of women are relegated to delivering their progeny…in the midst of traffic jams. I remember (and not exactly fondly) of those numerous soul-sucking [...]
