Pictures from Scout Camp

Here are those long ago promised pictures from scout camp, courtesy of Ahjaan Samak - the physics teacher here who has sort of taken Kara and I under his wing. He is from That Phanom, and was the teacher who brought us there for the festival. He has been teaching at this school for about 20 years and his daughter is living in California! Small world.

The students sat in their respective groups during morning assembly to start off the day.

The girl guides waiting to begin their day.

taking attendance

Raising the flag during the national anthem

EP (English Program) M. 4 - the girl holding the sign just won a scholarship to live and study in the US

One of the 12 ropes courses that the border patrol guards made

Girl Guides doing the course - this one they called 'spiderman'

This one was awful and where I got most of my bruises...it just wasn't meant for someone my size! The students going through this were 12-15 and they're all quite small.

This one was easier and much more fun. That's Kara and Ahjaan Fon and I. They kids cheered us on the whole way!

The gym teacher here at NPW -  her name is Sandy and she's the only teacher who is allowed to wear pants during the school day.