Hello, สวัสดี (Sa wa dii), Hola

In my ever growing pre-nostalgia, I decided that I needed to have pictures of everything in Nong Hee so I would always be able to look back and remember exactly where I lived for a year in my twenties. Taking pictures of your everyday surroundings is a weird concept since it's hard to decide what is worth taking a picture of. But luckily for me digital cameras and loads of computer memory allow me to take over a hundred pictures of what I see when I walk "the loop". Aka the triangle of roads that goes away from my house to the main road, along the main road, and back to my house; it's the route Michelle and I typically use for walking, running, or biking. Of course no excersizing adventure would be complete without some student companions. This time I was napping and I suddenly hear some little voices at my door ... "KERRRYYYYY TEACHERRR KERRRYYY" and I look out my window to see min, seigo, and bee all ready for some kind of Kerry entertainment. I have chosen some pictures of the adventure to share with you, just to give you a sense of what I see when I am futzin' around in Ban Non Hee . . .
just someone burning their trash and a dog checkin it out

typical house, this one is one the main road

a store on the main road

my friends trailing behind me, bee has her little sister on her back ... poor girl was struggling!

Another typical house, this one tucked back off the main road, closer to my house

bee modeling in the phone booth for me

Another example of Thai houses

The police station

An old lady in her sarong just chopping things

And one more house, this one I think is so crazy because it has so many roofs, they have a lot of covered space with no walls, it's very Thai to have this and after living in a concrete box in this heat, i completely understand why!


I hope you enjoyed this quick look into my daily surroundings!