Asia

• China Venture
• India ’Lepchas’ Venture
• India ’Darjeeling’ Venture
• Nepal Venture
• Thailand Venture
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A land of smiles, bustling Bangkok and beautiful beaches…but there is another Thailand. A simpler, gentler land, full of warm people in tune with the rhythms of rural life.

Our gap year projects and volunteering opportunities will see you located in Ban Thaton, about one and a half hours' drive west from Chiang Rai, or three hours' north of Chiang Mai. It nestles in the Fang Valley, very close to the border with Myanmar (Burma). The valley forms a bowl full of orange groves and paddy fields, whilst the river, once the ‘road’ when boats were the main transport, still frequently provides the quickest way between villages.

The villages and schools are in the foothills at the edge of the bowl. The hill tribes (peoples whose origins may lie in China, Burma or Laos) and the rural Thais rub happily along together. Volunteering in Thailand with AV gives you the opportunity to go straight to the heart of this wonderful country, full of astonishing beauty – both natural, human and architectural.

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