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