Local church service...
These kids were at a Church we visited and kept staring in to see the Americans.
Comfortable accomodations...
Everywhere we stayed the people gave us their best. We ate well and always had a bed with netting to sleep in. We were well cared for.
Toilet, Karen/Thai/Asian style...
Common toilet in one of the places we stayed. Took some getting used to but was very sanitary (By most standards...) and did not smell bad at all. For us westerners it was a real challenge as we are not accustomed to squatting. Keeping your balance is harder than it might seem...at least for this American. The blue barrel was water for bathing.
Elephant sighting...
We were pretty far down south driving out to a small village. Our friend who lives there mentioned that there were wild elephants in the area but they were rarely seen. No sooner had she said that but this big guy walked out of the jungle onto the road. Our driver stopped and I shot out the back to get these images. The guy in the truck had to stop and wait for the elephant to move on before he could drive past.
Lake houses...
Families of fishermen lived on these floating houses, I don't remember the name of the lake, although I think it is actually a reservoir.
Fisherman at sunset...
Same lake, shot into the setting sun. But I really like the lighting and composition.
River Kwai sunset
Yup, that River Kwai. The interesting thing is that the real bridge and the real story of it's construction bears absolutely no resemblance to the movie. Don't go expecting anything even close to the movie, the real story is much worse...nice sunset though.
Bridge on the River Kwai...
A section of the "Railway of Death"
The History Channel recently did a complete history of the building of this railway. The story is nothing like the movie, it was much worse. It's hard to believe what those POW's went through building this thing.
Girl on the train...
We rode the train from Kanchanaburi and this little girl sat right behind us. She was very cute...
Safe House residents...
This safe house is for war displaced people who are physically or mentally handicapped. Some have AIDS or are current or reforming alcohol or drug addicts.
More safe house residents...