So this is one of the boats. It took three boats, with 17 of us in each boat, so thats quite a few students. Much bigger than the class I had in Campbell River. We got on at this little village, and that is the bridge that they use to cross to the other side. You can't really see it in this picture, but just about all of the houses in this area are built on stilts, incase the river floods. It was pretty cool.
Here is a picture of the house on stilts. Well this is actually a restaurant, but its built with the same concept, so I figured it would pass. You can see the mudflats underneath, and as you can tell the water isn't exactly clean. I wasn't allowed to touch the water because my mom was worried that I would catch something. That was such a reassuring notion.
Our first stop on our field trip was to a coconut oil making place. The pictures I have aren't very good because it was done from behind a crowd of excited students, so I won't post any of them on here. But it was pretty cool. They showed us all the steps, and we were given the opportunity to buy a bottle of the product for 100 Baht. I thought I would buy a bottle as a souvineer, becuase it had been made there, and I got to see how it was made. Palm oil has some pretty awesome benefits including weight loss, helps with your hair, and helps with your face. I thought that was pretty cool.
Our second stop was at a basket weaving/roof weaving place. I was given a water basket as a present from one of the ladies there. Sometimes it pays to be a fa-rong (westerner). Haha here, they also had food that they offered us and water. The food was coconut milk and coconut mixed together so it was like a paste, and then wrapped in palm leaves and cooked over an open fire. It was delicious.
This is a picture of the lady making the food. It was pretty good. Haha the people around her are my classmates.
This is the lady who made me the water basket. The man in the back is a teacher. I think that he is my English teacher, but I am not 100% because after a while they all start to look the same. Not meaning to be rude, but theres over 3000 faces that and its hard to figure out who's who.
This is one of the villagers cooking the food. I thought it was pretty cool that they used the old coconut shells to burn as "wood" instead of using actual wood. They are very green in the community, reusing most of their stuff.
Our next stop was to a two hundred year old house that was made with wooden nails. I have a few pictures, but it just looks like a house, so I won't put very many up. It was insanely hot, and when we got to explore the building, there were times when I felt like I was going to fall through the floor of the building, but I didn't so its all good.
So theres a picture of the house. Looks safe right? Haha as long as we didn't step where it was falling apart, we were generally safe, but its still slightly startling.
Our next stop was to a place where they make orange juice. There wasn't much to take pictures of, so I won't post any. It was pretty cool, they let us taste it. Someof it was really sour and i didn't really enjoy it, but its an experience. :)
So that was pretty much the extent of our field trip. We headed down the river towards town, so I have a few pictures of that, but my computer isn't loading the pictures anymore so I will have to end it with that.
I had a great time on this trip, and made quite a few friends. The people here are really welcoming and easy to talk to. Thats about it for now. I'll try to update at a later date.
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