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.
Volunteer Carla Arnold is demonstrating to the students Total Body Response as a way of getting them to learn new words. It is obvious the word is "driver" and the topic is? (You guessed it, occupations.) The students really love this method,...
Teachers are learning English, along with the students, through the Speak English Every Day program. They are reading one of the weekly dialogues created by Volunteer Carla Arnold (2011-2013) and her Thai co-teacher. The students are given...
A principal is giving out tickets to the students who were speaking to him in English. The tickets are part of SEED (Speak English Every Day) which was established by Volunteer Carla Arnold and her counterpart Ning Saijung in March 2011. A...
This was the first mail delivery to my new house! No matter how much rain (and we get a lot) during the rainy season or how many dogs (and we have a lot), the mail gets delivered. This picture was taken by me (PCV Carla Arnold) in May 2011.
Sixty-seven year old PCV Carla Arnold (in the vest with back to camera) is acting like the 17-year old she tells everyone she is! This is Songkran (Thai New Year's, April 2011) in Thailand. This takes place during the summer season and is a...
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...
In this photo the monks are heading up the funeral procession of the cremation coffin of Pra Tamnittave of Wat Nong Wang Nang Boa, Amphur Phon, Khonkaen, Thailand. The monk was placed in this "air-conditioned" coffin for 100 days before the...
These women are from Ban Huay Kor, but went to Wat Non Wang Nang Boa, Amphur Phon, Khonkaen, Thailand, to pay their respects to the monk who was to be cremated later in the evening. This group of women are at every festival in their village.