Alive in Thailand

I'm alive, in northern Thailand. Was a long trip.. 19 hours in total after a plane, taxi, bus and car trek I made it to the orphanage alive. All is going well and settling into life here. I'm spending a couple of months here at the HIV/Aids baby house just helping with general labouring and the most fun part of all.. playing with the kids... The orphange is in the middle of a soft opening with only five babies here at the moment.. it's serious business looking after 5 babies and a full time job for the carers that are already here.

The place is close to Phrae and it is a rural village about 12kms from the Phrae town centre. The land surrounding where I am is rice fields as far as the eye can see. It rains almost everyday and there are no water restrictions.. great fun.. Fook (a 3 year old boy or Dook as he calls himself.. he can't pronounce the "f") and I had a good hour of fun yesterday running around under the sprinkler.. and just generally wasting water... ah good times.. On the construction side there is one final baby house to be fitted out.. tiling, ceiling, painting and windows... I'm splitting my time evenly between working and playing with the kids.

Alright that's all your going to get.. the net is playing up and I'm not going to push my luck.
I'll keep you posted. The summary, I'm alive, enjoying life here in Thailand and wondering if two months will be too short a stay..!!