Return to Wangpikun

Yes, Karl returned to Wangpikun and stayed with some friends that we made while teaching there.

Here is a picture of Aranya; one of our former students.


Here is Karl with Aranya and her family. They are the friends that Karl stayed with. Aranya's grandfather lent Karl the hat for the picture.


Karl also met up with some of our other friends and even got to meet the school's latest volunteer teacher who had just arrived. He shared some of our hard won knowledge about teaching English in Wangpikun.

Loy Krathong in Sukothai

Karl spent about a week in Sukothai while they were having the Loy Krathong festival. For this festival, the Thai make small "boats" out of banana leaves and flowers. A candle goes in the center and it is floated on the river after dark.

As with any festival there are also fireworks, performances and parades. In the picture below, some performers take a break from their rehearsal for a picture.


The ruins in Sukothai were all light up for the celebrations.




Karl says that it was very hot during the parade so it understandable that some of the participants weren't exactly happy.




Karl also got some models to pose for him at that ruins.






I bet the models were happy to have a place to put their hats. They really don't look too comfortable and they are probably heavy too.