These were our sleeping arrangements. We each had one of those mats and a square pillow.
Two of the teachers who teach English to the general students at my school! Simply put, they're awesome. They are a lot of fun to work with and hang out with when we don't have class and both speak pretty good English.
Playing games in our room before dinner! It was sorta like camp for two days.
Dinner turned into a photoshoot and we took dozens of pictures. Here are some more teachers at my school, though they aren't all English teachers.
At the University in Ubon, where the educational tour/ competitions were held...this is a sculpture made out of wax. It was huge. The people figures are a little bit larger than life size.
This is the park at around 5:00 in Ubon. It was very quiet and pretty.
A super colorful tuk-tuk! Kara and I were walking some of the side roads on our way to this awesome vegetarian buffet. It was only 25 baht per plate (less than one dollar!) and it was great food. I would love to go back but it's quite far from NKP...
This is in Khon Kaen, outside of the new mall, Central Plaza. There's a fairly large ex-pat community so there were Christmas decorations!! Here in NKP they don't do much for Christmas, though on Christmas Eve there is an event on the river some of us are going to attend.
This is in Ubon...it's the Candlestick that is in the center of a big park...they have a big candle festival in Ubon every year, though I'm not quite sure of the origins...something to look up perhaps.
This is my little room in Khon Kaen! It was all i needed and about 4 USD per night. AND the bed wasn't made out of styrofoam. It was about a 20-30 minute walk to the 'nightlife' and right next to the food stalls with super cheap wonderful food.
This is the lake in Khon Kaen...it was a Sunday when I was wandering around so it was pretty quiet. It was picturesque with the Wat in the background...I didn't get to the wat as it was too far of a walk and I was heading back that day. They also set up food stalls on the lake and have a place where you can paint pottery! Picture Plaster FunTime in Boston or Fire It up in DC...it was only a couple dollars and you could get some paints and set up a table on the lake. They had paddleboating too but it was too hot.
Khon Kaen is the province where dinosaurs were found and it has since become known for it's dinosaur museum. I wasn't able to make it on this trip but I am definitely planning to go back. This was inside the new mall, they had a bunch of robotic dinosaurs as well as people running around in dinosaur costumes...
That's about it on this trip. Lots of walking around and taking pcitures of things.
Yesterday was spent partaking in a parade and watching a soccer game between my school and the other big high school in the 'city'. Afterwards all the teachers from both schools had a party - food and drinking and dancing of course. The ex-prime minister of Thailand also came to the dinner! He is from NKP and apparently he was quite loved by his people becuase they were going crazy trying to take pictures with him! Of course, I took pictures so those will be posted soon.
Happy holidays everyone!
Great pictures, Alix, especially the one with you!
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