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    • Rush Hour Traffic

    • Rush Hour Traffic

    • Animals

    • Every night, around 6 PM, the street in front of my house is busy with traffic: walkers, motorcycles, trucks, bicycles, cars, and even geese. These water buffalo are my favorite. Sometimes they are running when they are being herded by their...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Peace Corps Necessities

    • Peace Corps Necessities

    • animals

    • As a Peace Corps Volunteer of only 8 months (arriving January 2011), I presently feel that the two most necessary things for my survival at my site are the bicycle provided by the PC (a major source of transportation) and the school watch dog (Ya...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where in the World?

    • Where in the World?

    • Animals; Terrain

    • When I saw this view I thought of France and Camille Corot's landscape paintings of France. But no, this scene was real in Thailand. I had just moved to my permanent site in March and took this picture April 2011.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • An American Icon Goes to Thailand

    • An American Icon Goes to Thailand

    • Art; Schools

    • PCV Carla is introducing Principal Sawat (April 2011) to the world of rainbows, munchkins, and the belief that all things are possible. The principal has allowed other areas of the school to have rainbows painted in connection with an award party...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Box!

    • The Box!

    • celebrations

    • There was a lot of fanfare for this "moment" during Pra Tamnittave's cremation day ceremonies. A representative (and many others) from His Majesty The King of Thailand arrived with the "box" for the Pra's ashes. The attendees at the ceremony...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Care to Dance

    • Care to Dance

    • celebrations; elders

    • Volunteer Carla Arnold is sharing a dance with Kun Hai during Chakri. Chakri is a celebration in Thailand during the first week of April which honors the elders. As a 67-year old, Volunteer Arnold was invited to participate.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Honoring Buddha

    • Honoring Buddha

    • Celebrations; Religion

    • Songkran (Thai New Year) in Thailand ends at Wat Saad with Buddha and the monks. Everyone has spent the last two hours walking through the village being doused with water and/or dousing with water. Buddha does not escape this annual tradition.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Do Unto Others.....

    • Do Unto Others.....

    • celebrations; traditional dress; religion

    • When you look closely at this picture, you will notice that the monk's robe is totally wet. For two hours prior to this photo everyone in the village was celebrating the Thai New Year (Songkran), which is April 13-15. During the celebration...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thailand is Truly the Land of Smiles!

    • Thailand is Truly the Land of Smiles!

    • Celebrations; Volunteers; Older Volunteers

    • Volunteer Carla is being honored by two Thais during Chakri, a festival celebrating the elders by putting water in their hands with flowers and powder on their faces. This picture was taken in on April 2011, shortly after I arrived at site.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Joy Ride!

    • A Joy Ride!

    • Children; Teachers and students

    • Volunteer Carla is having a little sanook (fun) with the nak rians (students). She is a co-teacher and collaborator with a Thai teacher of English at the school, working with six grades (P4-5-6 and M1-2-3). These boys are n Mattayom (middle...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Speak English Every Day

    • Speak English Every Day

    • education; counterparts

    • My position as a Co-teacher and Collaborator with a Thai teacher of English is to help her teach and the students learn English. In order to do this Ning (pictured with me) and I started a program called SEED (Speak English Every Day). When...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • This is the Way You Do It!

    • This is the Way You Do It!

    • Food and meals

    • Women in my village in Thailand are showing Volunteer Carla Arnold how to make kao tom, a traditional Thai dessert. Raw rice and a piece of banana are put on a small square of banana leaf. It is folded in a very special way and secured with a...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cooking for the Elders

    • Cooking for the Elders

    • Food and Meals; Celebrations; Elders; Cooking

    • This photo was taken by Volunteer Carla Arnold during Chakri (a festival to honor the elders) in Thailand. As a 67-year old Volunteer, she was invited to be one ofthose honored. At every such festival or event there is food, and this picture...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Eating Noodles - Step Two: Chew

    • Eating Noodles - Step Two: Chew

    • Food and meals; Children; Traditional dress

    • One-year old Ta is eating noodles while her mother prepares the kindergarden classroom for the new term. It took Ta a while to eat, but she finished the whole bowl set in front of her. This picture was taken in Thailand on April 2011 by Volunteer...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • No Sum Tum - No Meal

    • No Sum Tum - No Meal

    • Food and meals; Cooking; Ceremonies; Celebrations

    • This is a photo of making Sum Tum in the Northeast area of Thailand in April 2011. Everyone here loves sum tum (papaya salad) and the hotter the better. It is made with unripe papaya and a lot of chili peppers. I have watched the eyes of adults...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waste Not, Want Not

    • Waste Not, Want Not

    • Food and meals; Host community friends

    • The people of Issan (Northeast Thailand) are very resourceful, especially when it comes to eating. This is a boiling ox placenta. It so happens that the calf was named "Farang" (which means foreigner) in my honor. I was the first one to be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?

    • Looking for a Plate or Bowl?

    • funerals

    • It was dark as I was looking for a bathroom one night in April 2011. I was at the Wat for the cremation ceremony of a monk. I looked into this open door and saw all these dishes. I just thought what an interesting picture and at the same time I...
    • Volunteer Photos

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