In June, mind I studied Thai in Chiang Mai for the entire month. I didn’t take as many pictures as I thought I would, mainly because I forgot to take my camera with me and when I did, I realized I didn’t want to take photos of people like they were “monkeys in a zoo” (thanks, Yara!). I could have taken photos of the woman who sold grilled Northern Thai snacks outside of my dormitory; of the monks going into Wat Jed Yod to chant; of students gossiping and snacking at the foodstalls outside my neighbourhood.
Here are some pics of: a golden Buddha in the heart of old Chiang Mai (Wat Chedi Luang); my stint as a guest on an English radio show broadcasted by the government; Wat Jed Yod; view from my room and neighbourhood. The last photo was taken in Chiang Dao, halfway in between Fang and Chiang Mai – the mountains in the background are spectacular.
Hi Ruth!
The pics look great! Glad to hear you’re doing well… wish I could be there to try those chocolate chip cookies when you get around to securing the ingredients and making them 🙂
Keep posting… we get to live vicariously through your world adventures!
Thanks for sharing the good pictures! Keep up the spirit, My dear daughter!
Hey Ruth happy to see that doing as well as an expatriot can do living in thailand can be doing. Im trying to be more proactive with communication this is the 5th time that Ive been to an internet café since I got here. Ill write you more often, since Ive wasted energy writing other ECHO people who never respond. Pretty lame. I know that you are going to read this ECHO people, you know who you are, pretty lame, encore.
Ben
Ooh, you are an English star on national radio! Hee hee…how was that experience for you?