My room at Peetim’s.

View from balcony of my room for quite a while until they mowed down the papaya trees and corn and leveled the area for flooding and planting of rice. There are photos and videos of this later in this Journo.

Thai farmer scaring birds away from field.

Lunch for students at Peetim Homestay on a Saturday.

Treehouse built by a couple of volunteers with a little help from me.

Peetim’s birthday, October 3, 2016

Teaching English to young monks.

Songkran 2017.

Unique dinner for Volunteers prepared by housewife Pai. Each pineapple was hollowed out and filled with a Thai pasta mix.

Peetim’s Bithday October 3, 2016

Peetim’s Retirement September 2016.

Teams practicing for Long Boat Races.

55 men per boat!!

Very long and big snake crossing sidewalk. Judging by the bulge he has just eaten something?

Thai 1st grade students and their Thai nicknames Game, Peek and Unif.

Thai students at Parnlert School, this class was for Autistic students.

English camp at a school in Lopburi Province.

Random students in Lopburi Province.

Great class of students after playing games with plastic colored English alphabet pieces.

Thai students love to smile.

P6 students at Sapanak School.

Thai Traditional Dress day at Sapanak.

Autistic students after painting ceramic figures.

Wish I could rember her name (Jell) very nice student, drawing a picture of her favorite volunteer teacher, Jacky!

Typical exterior for rural government school.

Typical classroom for government school. This particular day was also Girl and Boy Scout day.

Last day teaching, heading home the next day. L to R starting in back

Teacher A, Game, Marisco, Teacher Kim, Porsche, Win

Front L to R Kuhn, Unda, Sand Sand, Peek, Unif

ABC’s on left and Thai Alphabet on right.

Me in Martin Engineering hat in Chao Phrea River during Songkran, Thai New Year. During rainy season the water gets really high, see the water marks on the piers.

Retreat cottages at Temple near Peetim’s.

Steps at the Peacock Temple, in Lopburi Province.

Peacock!!!

Another Peacock!!

View on road to Peacock Temple.

Unique Temple along Ban Mi River. We had a very informal boat tour down the river.

Public swimming pool in Singburi town.

“Learning” meditation from Thai monk at Peetim’s.

Thai dance at Peetim’s with visiting students and other volunteers.

Loy Krathong celebration.

We made floating baskets to be released on the water with lit candle after sunset for Loy Krathong.

Temple in rural Lopburi Province.

Gathering in downtown Singburi in remembrance of the King of Thailand who just passed away.

Unique window screen at Temple.

Peetim on right and volunteer entering a botanical garden like Temple across the street from Khai Ban Rachan war hero monument in Ban Rachan, Singburi Thailand.

Part of the 3,790 steps at this Temple, Wat Khao Wong Prachan.

View at the top of the 3,790 steps at Wat Khao Wong Prachan.

Before we started the climb at Wat Khao Wong Prachan.

Unique Temple, Wat Khao Wongkhot, in Ban Mi where hundreds of thousands of bats leave a cave at sunset every night!

Bats!!!

Thai boxing at an event in Chai Nat.

Very large resting Buddha at Temple near Peetim’s.

Lovely flowers and Fish pond at Temple near Peetim’s.

Sunrise from my room’s balcony.

Fixer upper close to Peetim’s that I passed almost every day when I rode bicycle.

Typical view along road and irrigation canal where I rode bicycle.

Some sort of sign describing property and owners??

They definitely did not want to make any more trips than necessary. This was NOT an uncommon scene!

Sunset standing at end of drive at Peetim’s.

View of jungle along one of my bicycle routes.

Another jungle view.

River separating Singburi Province (on the right) and Lopburi Province, also part of my regular bike route.

Working in the new rice paddy just off the side of my room’s balcony.

Peetim starting tug-of war game at the Homestay. Students vs volunteers.

Young monks arriving for a day of English, games and Thai food and sweets.

Riding in back of PeeJay’s pickup on the way to Thai boxing in Chai Nat.

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