Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). The main event of the day was a visit to the opening ceremony of an English instruction program. See blog part one, two, and pictures for more. Teatime at Umphium is a delicious affair, beyond price. Sitting at a crude, well-constructed wooden table, escaping the rain and mud, Burmese tea, red tea [...]

Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). The main event of the day was a visit to the opening ceremony of an English instruction program. See blog part one and pictures for more. As part of our visit to Umphium, we experienced the opening ceremony of the English Immersion Program (EIP) for the 2007-08 school year. The quiet, excited [...]

Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). Here is a photo journey through the camp.

For the past two weeks, I have been travelling in Thailand, and here is an excerpt from my writings on a refugee camp that I visited on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). Resting on the mist-shrouded hills, temporarily, permanently, Umphium is a sprawl of Burmese people, a spread of thick thatch, a sprinkling of roads, veins of mud paths, beating with the slow rhythm of a waiting life. This refugee [...]