Thai snack foods
29 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 84 °F
Collected pics of interesting snack foods. The best might be the Angry Birds fish cakes and the green tea Kit Kats.
Party barge
29 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 84 °F
We arrived at Good Times Resort and were so warmly greeted. Our host, Chalee, then surprised the students with dinner and dancing on her friend’s party barge. It was a great time!
Recess time!
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 91 °F
We joined the youngest students for playground time.
Visted a local school
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 93 °F
We spent the morning at a local school. Interestingly, students were studying English. However, we are told that the level of proficiency is not high because there is little opportunity to practice atLeggi altro
Chinese temple
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 95 °F
We visited the most stunning Chinese temple. But interestingly, it borders a Thai temple. We climbed up to the top and the views of the rice fields are incredible.
Neighboring Thai temple
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 95 °F
Here is us at the Thai temple.
Cemeteries
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 93 °F
We visited both Thai and Chinese cemeteries for comparisons. Thais are cremated and ashes are buried.
Tilapia farming
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
We made a quick stop at a local tilapia farm.
POW cemetery
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Students studied the history of the Thai/Burma railroad built during WW2 by POWs worked to death. There bodies are buried in three immaculate cemeteries in Kanchanaburi.
Famous bridge on the river Kwai
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
More WW2 history...this is the famous bride on the river Kwai. But the real pronunciation is like Kway. The movie changed it...and it was incredibly inaccurate. Your students can tell you why.
Eating some bugs
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
A visit to the big vendor is a right of passage for this study abroad. These students gobbled them up.
And some of the bug eaters are...
30 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
These brave students! And some of them ate roasted frogs and larvae. Others tried bamboo worms and crickets.
Thai spring roll lessons
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 91 °F
Students are cooking spring rolls with chef Tom. Will move onto curry and noodles shortly.
Right way to cut a pineapple
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 93 °F
We are teaching the students the Asian way to cut a pineapple with less waste.
Red curry, glass noodles, cashew chicken
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 93 °F
Students hard at work making my lunch!
ViaggiatoreOh nice! So will you guys be able to come home and cook Thai food for us parents! 😂 looks delish!
ViaggiatoreYummy! Yes I agree-Matthew Roberts I expect a home cooked Thai meal this summer! And you need to demo those pineapple cutting skills too!😂
Finished product
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☁️ 95 °F
Yum.
Odd food of the day
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
At a rest stop we found a woman pressing dried squid. She hangs them to dry out.
Beach time!
31 maggio 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
Just enjoyed a little time on the Gulf. The fishing boats add a nice touch. A local woman was digging for clams for her dinner.
National park
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
We visited another national park but could only get there by boat. Students climbed up the mountain to the top.
Fishing village
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
We are in a fishing village on the Gulf of Thailand. The fishermen leave early and have already returned (by noon). You see lots if crab pots in the canals.
Lunch on the canal
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Seafood lunch at a local spot on the canal. Soft shell crab, oysters, snapper, etc.
A local shrimp farm
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
We met a local shrimp farmer who allowed us to visit the farm he tends (for someone else). He gave us a great tour and answered lots of questions. His home suggests yo us that he is not well paid forLeggi altro
Boat ride to the fishing village
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ ⛅ 91 °F
Took boats through the canal to the fishing village. Beautiful scenery!
Why did the monkey cross the road?
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 91 °F
As we were leaving the canal, we came across the monkeys, who were all over the road.
Sorting shrimp
1 giugno 2019, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 88 °F
We randomly passed a station where workers were sorting shrimp into different sizes, since larger ones fetch a better price per kilogram.
ViaggiatoreWish they sold those Lobster Lays here! 🦞
ViaggiatoreI fully agree with above comment!! SLMG 🥰