Phi Ka Thon Festival… Not Quite How we do Halloween in the U.S

Our next big weekend trip in order was to head to the remote town of DAN SAI to celebrate the town’s annual festival called Pi Ka Thon, a thai version of Halloween but better coined as “Mardi Gras from Hell”. The world cup was just beginning and the boys dared not stray far from a T.V so the girls of Chaiyaphum (and Prae!) decided to explore this festival on our own.

Sky Rockets in Flight in Nong Khai

After two solid weeks getting back in the teaching grind, we had a long weekend ahead of us finally as it was the Buddha’s Birthday. Which also meant that in many Esan cities it was the ROCKET FESTIVAL! We chose to go to Nong Khai, a city right on the border with Laos (connected to Laos by the Friendship Bridge), about 6 hours Northeast of where we live.

These Kids are Smaller than What I'm Used to....

So here we are over a month into teaching at our new school, Anuban, and here is my highly delayed post of WHAT’S going on! We are teaching now at a PRIMARY school (Elementary) instead of high school and it is to say the least crazy. Not only are the kids small because they are young, but since they are thai they are sooo tiny. And mine are pretty much missing all of their teeth and kind of drool as they stare up at me!

Back and Better than Ever

NEW THAI TOWN!
So I’m back again after quite a long hiatus. Our first semester of teaching ended for us in March and we spent 5 weeks traveling around India and then came back to Thailand for a 2 week tour with Felix’s parents. With them we visited Bangkok, our hometown Inburi, Kanchanaburi to see Erawan falls, and then to the islands visiting Phuket and Ko Phi Phi again as well as two new islands for us Ko Lanta, and Railay beach.