My First Host Family's Second Home!

Eventually I will post pictures of my first host family's house, the one where I live, but I haven't gotten around to taking many pictures of it.  So my first host family has a house located in Don Sak, which is by the sea.  We went there for four days last weekend, and it was pretty awesome.  It is rainy season, so it rained a few times, but not enough to be like...darn that rain is ruining everything.  So here are some pictures of my "second home".

So this is the front of my house.  It was sunny so the picture isn't very good.  On the right hand side within the gate is the "laundry room".  There is a washer, a hose, a few buckets, and a clothes line.  At "second home" there is a maid who washes the clothes, everything but underwear and socks.  Those I have to do myself, which is a new concept for me.  Doing my own laundry by hand.  It isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

The Dining Room/Computer Room.  This is wear we ate our meals, on the wall to the right is the computer stuff, and on the left wall is pictures of grandparents.  In the back left corner there is another room (the actual kitchen).  I never really got a chance to take a picture of that, but it mainly consists of a wok (I think thats what it is called), a hotplate, a microwave, a fridge, and in the back back room, there is a sink area where we do our dishes. 

My Room! This is the room where I stayed.  It was nice and cool (my new best friend is every air conditioner and fan that I can find).  As you can tell, I hadn't unpacked my stuff quite yet, but that doesn't matter.  The door which you can't see was very small.  I could almost touch the top with my head, maybe 4 inches above my head?? Haha the door was pretty short.

 

Okay so this is the bathroom.  It was quite an experience, due to the fact I had to ask how to flush the toilet.  As you can see there is a big rectangular box filled with water, with a bowl beside it (picture on top).  That is the flusher.  You just scoop the water into the toilet and it flushes out your wastes.  The hose on the wall?? Thats your "toilet paper" as far as I know...They don't use toilet paper here (this is my best guess, so I'm not 100% sure its true) because it flushes straight into the oceans/rivers.  So be careful where you swim.

This is the living room where we sat to watch tv.  When you turn the tv on it takes about an hour for the picture to come up, so you get to listen to the tv for a bit.  The door leads to my room, and there is a row of couches where I am sitting. 

So the picture on top is my first host family's room.  The big lump in the middle is pillows, they like to make their beds with the pillow under the covers in the middle. The picture on the bottom is the room where Namwarn and Nampoot (my host brother and sister(now in America)) stay. 

So that is a look at what my first host family's second house in Don Sak looks like.  It is an awesome little place, and I look forward to going there again. :)