Elephants, Bowling, Temples, and Bamboo Rafting

Sorry these pictures are a little out of order. They capture a random assortment of the activities that keep us busy in Thailand when we are not writing lesson plans, renovating an old school building, teaching our kids, driving, and living our normal day to day life.

This first picture is from the Maesa Elephant camp. It was great fun to see the elephants close up.

This is Brittany and I at the Elephant Camp.

Brittany and I eating our delicious ice cream cones with sprinkles from Dairy Queen.

Elephants are actually really prickly.

This is a picture of a bamboo raft from our trip. It really is as rickety as it looks.

This picture is from our bamboo rafting trip awhile back. We ate in a hut at the bottom of that steep hill. They sent the food down in a basket using a pulley system. This was when we went bowling for Brittany's birthday. We listened to old remixed American songs and bowled with our opposite hands. It felt for all the world like we were back in the States.

This is from the White Temple on the way to Burma. It is a beautiful structure. These sculptures are underneath and beside the bridge that leads to the temple. The hands are supposed to represent people reaching out of hell. It was very haunting.

This is the White Temple. It was absolutely stunning and really sparkled in the sun light.