Today was our groups first day of service work! We began our day with an early breakfast from our wonderful chefs and then hopped on the bus to the turtle hatchery. We split up into groups working on patching holes in the netting, weeding to create a path, and removing nails from the posts in...
The buses beside me were filled with sad and serious faces, condemned to the hardships of life, but our bus was filled with the giddy faces of excited girls, their joyous songs echoing throughout the vehicle. For many of them, it was the first time to see a movie theater, thus their faces beamed...
. . . we were mostly on the road with a quick stop for a scenic view of the Himalayan Mountain Range. Dinner was at an international restaurant in Ta Gong: yak burgers to get a taste of home. This morning we stopped by a nunnery where Tempa, our guide, explained aspects of Buddhism to...