Angela Weastell

April 6th, 2007 by Angela Weastel

Hey Everyone,

Well this is my last entry for Thailand, I have now left Wildlife Friends of Thailand for my next GVN program in Vietnam.

These past two months I have spent at the centre have been wonderful, it has been an amazing experience! I hope to come back and volunteer again in the future.

There is so much I am going to miss:
-The animals of course, over the two months I was here I really got to know the animals and I am going to really miss them!
-The people, I met some lovely people! it was really nice being surrounded by people with similar values as myself, we are all there for the same reason, to help the animals!
-The surroundings, the centre is in a lovely location it is in the middle of nowhere! it is so peaceful! there is a beautiful lake opposite the centre you could gaze across while having breakfast.
Being surrounded by nature and all it’s beauty really is something! waking up in the morning to sounds of wolves howling (which is actually the 15 dogs that live at the centre), gibbons singing (a sound I will never forget, it is beautiful)and roosters cock a doodle do ing, it’s just magical!
-The wonderful food, the Thai cooks do a fantastic job at cooking for such a large group, I know I would struggle. The assortment of fruit is fantastic! I am going to miss my fresh fruit salad I had for breakfast every morning!
-The weather, I love the weather! it is so nice waking up to blue sky and sunshine every morning and knowing you get to spend the day working outside in it! my tan I managed to get while at the centre will not last long when I get home in a months time, it will be autumn so not much sun around then.
-The Thai people! they are such lovely, friendly people.

The one and only thing I am definately NOT going to miss are the creepy crawlies!(ants, mossies, spiders and cockroaches)

I would like to say a big Thank You to Wildlife Friends of Thailand for an amazing two months, these are two months of my life I will never forget!

Also Thank you to GVN for all their help in preperation for this trip, and all the follow up emails throughout my placement making sure everything was running smoothly!

Well that is it for me, I am sad I am at the end of my Thailand program, I will miss it very much, but I am looking forward to my next adventure of a month in Vietnam at the orphanage program. Thanks for reading, Take care, and to my family and friends see you in a month!
Love Ang XXXX