Thailand pictures

THESE PICTURES ARE BACKWARDS. START AT THE BOTTOM. DO IT.

at the airport on the way to finland... where i am right now by the way. Espoo to be exact. my host family is AMAZING!! they have so many stories! :D

our first cheeseburger in almost 2 weeks! it was wrapped up all cute and perfect.

a cute little thai man who hit on us! haha. he was super nice.

the strings that are tied around our wrist are supposed to bring us good luck, happiness, and safe travels. its a laos tradition that they do in the north of thailand

planting trees at a Monks' meditation center

a restaurant on stilts next to a lake!

a buddhist temple at the top of a hill in nampong

i ate half of these. no joke! they weren't that bad!

part of my host and extended host family in Nampong

we kinda had a flour fight... whoops...

we had cast olympics with the boys town boys a few days afterward and did sack potatoe racing, stilt walking and coconut shoe running!

after the cobra villiage we went to a temple where we lit inscence, knelt and made a wish. we then blew out the inscence and lit a candle. we put the tiny gold flake on a statue and walked around that big white spiky looking thing 3 times. then we went to a building where we got our fortune told. mine was really good. :)

this was at the Cobra Villiage outside of Nampong Thailand. this lady had the snake IN HER MOUTH. there were cages all around this stage with tons of snakes. they also had monkies in tiny cages and a black bear in a cage that was only 3 times his size, with only cement floors. there was a huge discussion afterwards about animal rights... at the cobra villiage they also had "cobra boxing" with men who just hit at cobras and stuff. it was disgusting...

in front of the habitat house we put our sweat and blood into, literally. there were zero modern tools at the site. we worked in rain and shine barfoot in at least 4-6 inches of mud. we used baskets to haul sand and rock and hand mixed our cement. we built this house for a tsunomi victim...

in front of the chalang wat temple

a hilltop view of Phuket

squid, eel, huge scallops, crab, fish fillets, clams, hermit crabs, shrimp, prawn, deep fried seaweed, and much much more... scary...

a cute lil pineapple slush at a restaurant literally steps from the beach... ( a different one! )

snorkling with beautiful coral, tropical fish, and seashells, peaceful cabanas, dancing in the rain on the beach and coconut milk, is there anything better?...