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.)
Welcome to school!
My host sister and I
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.
Veronica used it as a chance to learn some Thai from the kids.
And plays with mostly dead cockroaches.
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
Sunset at Khao Sam Roi Yot
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Grace setting off a floating lantern, filled with wishes for the new year.
Credit: Keith May spongeandslate.com
Tham Sai
Ayutthaya, photo by Tim Bedenis
Books for Thailand distributed books at the AWC English Camp.
Sunset over tent bed
My host sister doing traditional Thai dancing.
Taking a dip to cool off.
Selfie shoot
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Everyone brought some water to wash the spirit house.
Photo by Tim Bedenis
Rice field, almost ready to harvest.
The trucks here are all painted so fabulously!
Eating sticky rice and nam prik in the parking lot.
Intent listening about the petrified wood.
Credit: Peace Corps Thailand Facebook Page
360 Degrees of Pleasure in Mukdahan by the Mekong
Motion activated animatronic dinosaur head at Khorat Fossil Museum.
My co-teacher and I, in front of a replica statue of Ya Mo in my district.
Photo credit: Carly Collins
Monks circumambulating at Phra That Phanom.
The word they were supposed to spell was “jug.”
One of my favorite students.
Kru Po having fun practicing phonics sounds.
Kyle was excited to learn how to play dta graw with the kids.
Thai silkworms exclusively eat mulberry leaves.
Monks offering merit at Phra That Phanom
Dinosaur skull at Khorat Fossil Museum
Waiting for the dance to begin.
And I like taking this route because I get this view on the way home.
Sun Bear climbing down after getting its honey.
Wat Pho, photo by Tim Bedenis
Baby green sea turtle, about six months old.
