Volunteer Carla Arnold is sharing her Peace Corps experiences in Thailand with her daughter, Allison, who was a Volunteer in Senegal (2005-2007). It is Thai winter and you need extra layers.
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...
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...
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 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 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.
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...
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...
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.
One-year old Ta is eating noodles while her mother prepares the classroom for the new term at a school in Thailand. This photo was taken in April 2011 by Volunteer Carla Arnold during her first month at site.
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...