Today is officially my last day as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. Even if I could sum up that last two years in words, it would likely be a novel, or at least a novella. Can you put the last two years of your life in a blog post? Didn’t think so. So, harkening back to the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a gallery of picture highlights from the last 27 months. (Click on any picture to enlarge.)
(Apologies to my readers who are in locations with limited data and Internet connectivity. I suggest skipping this post and coming back to it when you have decent Internet.)
And I like taking this route because I get this view on the way home.
Welcome to school!
Rice field, almost ready to harvest.
Baby green sea turtle, about six months old.
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Alphabet review game: throw the ball around the circle and say the letters in order, then the letters and words, and finally the letters, words and sounds.
Waiting for the dance to begin.
Thai silkworms exclusively eat mulberry leaves.
Sunset over tent bed
Ayutthaya, photo by Tim Bedenis
Selfie shoot
Eating sticky rice and nam prik in the parking lot.
Sunset at Khao Sam Roi Yot
360 Degrees of Pleasure in Mukdahan by the Mekong
Kyle was excited to learn how to play dta graw with the kids.
Wat Pho, photo by Tim Bedenis
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Grace setting off a floating lantern, filled with wishes for the new year.
Kru Po having fun practicing phonics sounds.
Monks offering merit at Phra That Phanom
The word they were supposed to spell was “jug.”
Photo by Tim Bedenis
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Veronica used it as a chance to learn some Thai from the kids.
One of my favorite students.
My co-teacher and I, in front of a replica statue of Ya Mo in my district.
The trucks here are all painted so fabulously!
Credit: Keith May spongeandslate.com
Monks circumambulating at Phra That Phanom.
Everyone brought some water to wash the spirit house.
And plays with mostly dead cockroaches.
Tham Sai
My host sister and I
Books for Thailand distributed books at the AWC English Camp.
Intent listening about the petrified wood.
Taking a dip to cool off.
Motion activated animatronic dinosaur head at Khorat Fossil Museum.
Dinosaur skull at Khorat Fossil Museum
My co-teacher, Ning, with pad ga-prao kai, or stir friend basil with egg, that she made for me. Photo: Keith May spongeandslate.com
Credit: Peace Corps Thailand Facebook Page
Sun Bear climbing down after getting its honey.
My host sister doing traditional Thai dancing.
