Farewell

It was a bitter-sweet, but mostly sweet, evening leaving Ban Soem.  The community was even better leaving than it was coming.  Truly a generous, friendly, fun-loving group and I was one lucky Peace Corps Volunteer to have lived there.
From the party to a trip by van to say good-bye in Bangkok at the airport, over and aboove.

Sang was a member of my host family and spoke a fair amount of English.

Some of the students from Ban Tha school rode their motorcycles over to say hi (6th graders)

The beautiful girls from Ban Tha performed a traditional Thai dance

The staff from Ban Soem school and my felllow volunteers, Kyle and Faith

Dtom and Joom singing "Take Me to Your Heart"

Thais love to have their picture taken and this shows how much fun they have doing it

Cherished, generous friends, Thai and American