The Sold Project

Travel day. Went to Chiang Rai today. Driver was 40 minutes late. Classic Thailand. Listened to my audiobook on the drive. About three hours. Went to the white temple. Basically a white, artsy version of a Thai temple. Really interesting. I thought it was real weird before I realized that all the hellish bodies represented hell and the white temple represented heaven. The artist incorporated a bunch of modern media characters into his art. It was like modern Thai youth culture hits traditional Thai temple plus artsy representation of heaven and hell. Very cool. Then I had my three favorite things for lunch: pad Thai, sticky rice, and soy milk. Then headed to The Sold Preject. They work with at risk youth in northern Thailand to keep them in school and out of prostetution. They have 150 students on scholarships. You can sponsor a child for $31 dollars a month. But right now they need the Donations 4 Freedom more which is $16 a month. This is because they are at their current max and need to expand before more students can be sponsored. Donate on their website. All money goes directly to the kids if you sponsor one. Check it out and donate! Then we headed home and stopped by Cabbages and Condoms on the way home. Cool place where condoms are normalized and Thai people are taught about safe sex. Also a restrant to fund the whole thing. Very cool concept. Now home and sleep. Class tomorrow.