Yai Gong (Thai grandmother) in my host family seems pleased with the color on her fingertips. In the first month on site i was often with her as the family went out to pick chili. She liked me, although I knew she couldn't quite figure out who I...
We had a bike ride on World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand. All riders wore a sign on their back with the themes of "Getting to Zero." More than 120 children/adults rode in a caravan. This was a picture when the ride was finished. The ride took place...
This is a picture at the end of the World AIDS Day 2011 bike ride in Piman, Thailand. The two people in the middle are teachers that helped spread the word at a large school about the ride. Som Ying (female teacher) is holding one of the signs that...
These are four of the adult riders in the bike ride for World AIDS Day in Piman, Thailand - December 2, 2012. Each rider wore a sign (either in Thai or English) that used the themes of "Getting to Zero." The 2nd and 4th people (from left) are both...
Even after the bike ride for World AIDS Day 2011, in Piman, Thailand, I kept a sign on my bicycle the rest of the month to continue showing my support to my community.
This is one of the sweetest people around. She is "Yai," or "grandmother." At age 86 she continues to be involved in the community and to make cotton and herbal medicines in her home. I pass her house on the way home from school, and after tough...
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.
This is a picture of my host mother's eldest sister weaving silk on the loom outside of her house. This practice is traditionally passed down to women from generation to generation. Women all over the village (mainly the elders) can be seen making...
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...
This is one of the favorite places I visited in Thailand: Wat Tam Suea, or Tiger Cave Temple. Visitors can climb about 1100 steps to the top, passing playful monkies on the way, and are rewarded with breathtaking views at the top.
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...
Shown here is the entire village in Bankonglom, Wieng Haeng, bringing donations to the temple at the end of the road. The students from the Bankonglom School are in the pink shirts closest to the camera with a teacher in a blue shirt. The temple...
This is what I viewed while on my bike riding home from another Volunteer’s house during pre-service training (PST). People would sleep in this house during short grain rice season to protect their fields from whomever or whatever would damage...
The Vegetarian Festival is an annual event in Thailand, celebrated especially by Chinese Thais. Specially chosen devotees prepare physically and spiritually before the festival and follow a vegetarian diet. During the event they partake in...
Urairat in new graduation dress. A wonderful woman and student. Urairat came from a poor family in Surin, Thailand and is now an English Teach in Surin. Bangkok, Thailand, 1973.