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why not both? what i'm after really is an attempt to help rudderless kids develop some confidence and ultimately set a course for something, anything really, rather than spending a good chunk of their lives drifting aimlessly and possibly ending up incarcerated or just generally pathetic.

what i'd like to do is put together groups up to 8 kids which would primarily be foreign kids who are here on holiday with their parents (and the parents don't want to babysit, they want to go out for the evening etc) but i'd like to always include at least 2 local thai kids who come from government schools (basically parents are poor, probably earning 150usd per month and could never dream of paying for something like this) and the cost of those two seats would basically be subsidized by the foreign kids parents.

they won't be singing kumbaya or having any religion interfere with the trip, i'm thinking it would basically be a "working" trip for them from the start. i want it to be an overnighter because i want them all taken out of their element. no aircon or video games. just kids bonding with kids from all over the globe, developing confidence on the way.

thanks for the links man you always come through

was just thinking that one of the things they could work on would be opening a coconut, without a blade. i'm not even sure how i'd do that yet. i guess getting really thirsty is the first step.

haha, we drink coconut water every day here. normally takes 4 swift chops with a butcher style knife. i still haven't thought of a way of opening it without a knife that wouldn't spill most of the water. you'd have to have a pointed stick (which may mean a knife) or a sharp rock to bash it against. good problem solving opportunity for these kids i think.